![]() ![]() This doesn't stop him from realising that they are executing an innocent man- Jesus. His second-in-command, a grizzled veteran, advises Marcellus to get liquored up before the event, which he proceeds to do. Things are going more or less smoothly when, in Jerusalem at Passover, he is ordered to oversee the crucifixion of three criminals. After taking command, Marcellus restores the garrison to order and whips the men into shape. In punishment he is sent to command an badly trained, ill-disciplined garrison of Roman soldiers in the remote port town of Minoa. Marcellus is a fun-loving, none too serious tribune- the son of a wealthy senator- until he makes the mistake of insulting Prince Gaius Julius Agrippa. The novel is basically the story of two men: Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio and his Greek slave Demetrius. He got the idea for this particular book when he received a letter from a fan, asking him what he thought might have happened to Jesus' garments after the crucifixion. Douglas, a Christian pastor who took up writing Biblical fiction after he retired from the ministry. ![]()
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