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The New York Times Bestseller, Lloyd C. Douglas's The Robe is the classic novel about the Roman soldier Marcellus, who wins Jesus Christ's robe as a gambling prize after the crucifixion -- and the basis for the Academy Award-nominated film starring Richard Burton.

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At the height of his popularity, Lloyd C. Douglas was receiving an average of one hundred letters a week from fans. One of those fans, a department store clerk in Ohio named Hazel McCann, wrote to Douglas asking what he thought had happened to Christ's garments after the crucifixion... Read Full Overview

Fiction novel The Roman Empire First Century-Family saga.

The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas is a powerful tale of faith and redemption. It follows Marcellus, a Roman soldier who wins Christ's robe at the crucifixion, as he embarks on a transformative journey that challenges his beliefs and reshapes his destiny. A compelling story of spiritual... Read Full Overview

A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene's robe-a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity and is set against the vividly limned background of ancient Rome. Here... Read Full Overview

At the height of his popularity, Lloyd C. Douglas was receiving an average of one hundred letters a week from fans. One of those fans, a department store clerk in Ohio named Hazel McCann, wrote to Douglas asking what he thought had happened to Christ's garments after the crucifixion... Read Full Overview