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1. • • 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.After acquiring Christ's Robe, Marcellus then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene's garment -- a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity and is set against the vividly limned background of...
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   • The Robe is a 1942 historical novel about the Crucifixion of Jesus, written by Lloyd C. Douglas. The book was one of the best-selling titles of the 1940s. It entered the New York Times Best Seller list in October 1942, four weeks later rose to No. 1, and held the position for nearly a year.

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   • Writing in The New York Times, Catholic priest and bestselling novelist Andrew M. Greeley told of the influence and power of Douglas’ book, “I was in eighth grade, 14 years old, when I read Lloyd C. Douglas's novel The Robe, a story about the Roman officer who crucified Jesus and won his seamless robe in a toss of the dice.

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   • Lloyd C. Douglas is the author of the novel "The Robe". This novel is fiction in that it features a real setting and some characters who are historically accurate. However, this story cannot for certain be proven as a historical fact. The Robe is a book written by Lloyd C. Douglas and published in 1942.

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   • One of these letters provided the inspiration for The Robe. Hazel McCann, a department store clerk from Ohio, wrote to Douglas asking what he thought had happened to Christ's garments after the crucifixion. Douglas immediately began working on a novel based on this concept, sending each chapter to McCann as he finished it.

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   The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas is an historical novel published in 1942. It is the story of the crucifixion of Jesus and was one of the bestselling books of the 1940s, spending almost a full year at the top of the New York Times book list.

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   Gallio won Christ’s robe as a gambling prize after the crucifixion. The story follows Gallio and his Greek slave, Demetrius, and how the robe affected their lives. The book is long which allows Douglas to build his characters in a large landscape. The book is set in the first Century Rome and Judea.

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   Sep 6, 2023 · Published in 1942, Lloyd Douglas's novel The Robe is the story of the spiritual journey of Marcellus, a young Roman aristocrat and soldier during the first century CE.

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    Nov 21, 2023 · The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas is a story about the Roman who won Jesus' robe at his crucifixion. It contains several historical characters, including the Roman Emperor, Tiberius; his...

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