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The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell

Lew Wallace (1893)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages (Doorstopper (600+))
Setting
CSM age13

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Protagonist archetypes

Time-DisplacedVengeance-Driven

Synopsis

From the author of Ben-Hur, A tale of faith and the East. It was not his first visit to Mecca. But the purpose in mind and journey a new zest; and nothing in the least indicative of the prevalent spirit of the Hajj escaped him. Hundreds of years ago he smote Christ on his way to the Cross-and for that act he was blessed and pained to wait and meet his second coming, wandering through the centuries undying and drawn thin and weary. Fifty years ago, disgusted with the endless strife between Islam and Christianity, he went to Japan to be shut of it. There, in a repentant hour, he had conceived the idea of an Universal Religious Brotherhood, with God for its accordant principle; and he was now returned to present and urge the compromise...

Tags

Historical FantasyReligious FictionPhilosophical FictionEastern Philosophy