After acquiring Christ's Robe, Marcellus then sets. Though it’s the 80th anniversary of the publication of The Robe, I always try to avoid spoilers, so I won’t say more, in case you decide to read this wonderful novel for yourself, which I finally did in the early 2000s. 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. Marcellus then travels back to Judea and meets others who were affected by Jesus, including Peter, The Big Fisherman himself (incidentally, the next novel by Douglas, who began his career as a minister, was The Big Fisherman ). Later, Demetrius, a slave of the tribune, successfully gets Gallio to once more touch the robe, and his mind is healed. “If it’s worth anything, let us toss for it.” He handed Paulus the dice-cup. “Why should it be yours?” asked Marcellus, indifferently. “Woven in the country dyed with walnut juice. “Not a bad robe,” he remarked, holding it up at arm’s length. He believes Jesus to be innocent, and later, after putting on the robe, Gallio has a nervous breakdown and goes back to Rome.ĭemetrius picked up the garment and gave it to him. If you’re not familiar with this best-selling book in the Forties, the action centers around Roman Tribune Marcellus Gallio and what happens to him after he oversees the crucifixion of Jesus and ends up winning the robe of Christ in a game of dice. I can remember my mother telling me, when I was quite young, that The Robe was her favorite novel. As a matter of fact, the entire bookshelf was overflowing with volumes that didn’t belong to me and were far above my reading level. When I was younger, this old hardcover sat on a bookshelf in my bedroom.
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