Inside Hollywood’s most thrilling day … and best-kept secret!
He was a fugitive from the law. She was a famous screen beauty. Together they found romance, danger — and murder — behind the scenes of the most costly motion picture of the silent film era.
For decades, what really went on during the filming of the great “Ben-Hur” chariot race was spoken of in whispers. Did stunt drivers die on the set that day? Could what happened have been prevented? Or were the deaths not accidents at all?
This is an inside account of those events by two key participants in the ultimate coverup. As these eyewitnesses meet and interact in unexpected ways, they provide a colorful portrait of early Hollywood at its giddy, uninhibited peak.
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What People Are Saying…
Spectacular Read!
Well researched tale of “old Hollywood”. Action sequences were exciting, sometimes cruel, and the bad guys lost in the end. If you like murder mysteries, you will love this book. Thoroughly enjoyable!
Exciting action and excellent character development
A terrific read. Finished in 3 sittings. A page turner (or screen flipper on my first generation Kindle). Although not a connoisseur of great movie actors or films of the early 20th century, the book captured my interest immediately. The characters were fleshed out, the action provocative and the pace – perfect.
The craft is in good hands here and I only hope there are more
alling all movie buffs, Silent Era fans, mystery lovers and amateur sleuths!
Novel About a 1920s Silent Hollywood Epic Gives Modern-Day Action Movies a Run for their Money
The excitement and danger of the chariot race that made this silent movie a hit is the culmination of “The Ben-Hur Murders,” and it does not disappoint. Novelist Harding leads up to it and describes it with page-turning verve. The Hollywood background is meticulously researched, and the combination of real and fictitious characters has an E. L. Doctorow flair.