Pontius Pilate: A Novel

Recently for the book club I am in I started reading Pontius Pilate: A Novel. While you might think this is a biography, it is actually historical fiction. In the forward the author states that "There is too little source material on Pontius Pilate for a biography, yet too much for recourse to mere fiction. These pages attempt a compromise which might be called the documented historical novel." (Maier, 1). Interesting, right? The author tells Pilate's story without adding too much fictional exaggeration and sticking mostly to the known facts. So far it's working out. The book chronicle's Pilate's life from the time of his appointment to the region of Judea to his death from a less known perspective, the Roman one. While given the religious context, it is a very historical book and spins facts into the story. I am enjoying it now and look forward to continued reading.