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The robe by lloyd c douglas 19425/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Why that skill took its leave in the middle portion of the book escapes me. Douglas certainly had the talent for writing captivating sentences. I loved the first 100 or so pages and the last 100 or so pages: Rev. The garment known as the Robe (yes, with a capital ‘R’) shows up every now and then in the narrative, greatly affecting all who touch it. A series of events leads up to his making a journey through Judea, Samaria and Galilee on a quest to find out more about Jesus. His punishment was to be made the commander of a dreary military outpost in Palestine, which is how he came to be at Golgotha that day. One night at a party, Marcellus made an unguarded remark about the emperor’s heir. The Robe follows Marcellus Gallio, a Roman patrician, and his Greek slave Demetrius. Have you ever wondered what happened to the Roman soldier who, at Christ’s crucifixion, cast the winning lot for the robe? That is the premise of this 1942 New York Times bestseller, written by Lloyd C. ![]()
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