The story is told through the eyes of Marcus, a Roman citizen who arrives in Jerusalem on the day Jesus is crucified. A magnificent novel of the forty days after Christ rose from the dead. Waltari’s ''The Secret of the Kingdom'' describes the Biblical events taking place between Easter and Pentecost. Marcus Mezentius Manilianus, a learned and wealthy Roman, is travelling in the Orient and arrives in Jerusalem on the day of the crucifixion of Jesus. Who was this ''king'' that died on the cross? Was he really the Son of God? What is the secret of his Kingdom?