Much to my pleasant surprise, yesterday morning I caught most of that 1953 Classic - The Robe , starring Richard Burton as Marcellus. Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed. This will be the next book I read.
The books of Lloyd Douglas are very good. I also recommend “The Big Fisherman.” There ae some others, but I don’t remember the titles. “The Robe” is especially good.
I would also recommend the classic novel “Quo Vadis,” by Henryk Sienkiewicz (whose name I may have misspelled). It is a little difficult to read until you get used to the old-fashioned style, but it is a wonderful novel of early Christianity and the martyrs under Nero.