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| Original Title: | The Robe |
| ISBN: | 0395957753 (ISBN13: 9780395957752) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Demetrius, Marcellus |
| Setting: | Iudeea,35 Atena,35 Roma,35(Italy) …more Ierusalim,35 Capernaum,35(Israel) …less |
Lloyd C. Douglas
Paperback | Pages: 528 pages Rating: 4.21 | 22656 Users | 1130 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Robe |
| Author | : | Lloyd C. Douglas |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | April 7th 1999 by Mariner Books (first published October 1942) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Classics. Christian Fiction. Christian. Religion |
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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 is a timeless story of adventure, faith, and romance, a tale of spiritual longing and ultimate redemption.Rating Appertaining To Books The Robe
Ratings: 4.21 From 22656 Users | 1130 ReviewsAssess Appertaining To Books The Robe
My mother and I read this book sitting on a quilt pallet out in the heat with a pitcher of iced lemonade in the summer in Brookshire, Texas. She would drive us out to wherever my father was drilling an oilwell to bring him a large picnic basket of fried chicken, potato salad, cornbread, fruit, and several vegetable dishes. She would also include two custard pies--one chocolate laden with butter and one coconut custard with cinnamon and nutmeg on top. She and I would wait for him to come toI don't even know where to begin but with one bit of advice: read this bookThis book was on my high school reading list. I admit that I was a bit hesitant to read it at first, because it is quite a long book. However, when I got to the last page, I literally flipped through the blank extra pages at the end. I didn't want it to end. Ever.The Robe goes to the core of Christianity. It is probably the most biblical-inspired book you're going to find next to the Bible itself. Even dozens of Jesus'
Lloyd C. Douglas didnt take up writing till he was fifty. That astounds me. This is as fine a novel as any produced by someone who had been scribbling since childhood.I hope most of us are familiar with the plot of The Robe, since its the basis for one of the most sweeping, epic films of Old Hollywood. Marcellus Gallio is a high-born, somewhat indolent Roman Tribune who gets shipped to the fractious province of Judaea, and is conscripted into helping execute a young Jewish man accused of treason
This is my "oldest" book. NOt by publishing date--but the first book I ever purchased for myself--at age 14 and I still have it.The story is based on Marcellus Gallo, a wealthy young Roman tribune wh oversees Christ's crucifixion. It traces how the crucifixion affects him and his family--first Marcellus is appalled; acting crazy; resentful and so on. Then he starts touring Galilee to find out the background of Jesus. At the end, he does join the new Christian religion--as many Romans did.The
3.5 starsThe Robe was a powerful, thought-provoking read, particularly for fiction. The plot follows Marcellus, a Roman legate/centurion, who crucifies Jesus Christ and later wins his robe. Interaction with the robe causes Marcellus to go mad and eventually seek more information about mysterious Galilean. He is joined by Demetrius, his devoted Greek slave. The book interacts with many familiar faces from Acts and takes creative license in picturing the conversations, personalities, and primary
This is the 1st book I've ever read by Lloyd C. Douglas, and, WOW! This is one of the best books I've ever read! It's one of those that you never want to put down, and once you get to the end you are sad because it's over. Absolutely, wonderfully engaging characters, and the time setting is very interesting (around the crucifixion of Christ and a couple years afterward). I never thought about the first years of Christianity and how it grew into a religion after Jesus died.A side effect was that
First of all, I have to say I'm not particularly religious. I read this book on the recommendation of a fellow Goodreads friend.It is a story of one man's quest to find truth in a corrupted world and his transformation from a skeptic to a believer, so in a sense it is a psychological and emotional character study of the protagonist Marcellus, a Roman officer. The catalyst for all this is his possession of Christ's robe that was won by drawing lots.I was really in the mood for a book that would
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