author
Arthur Benton Sanford
Best known for a short 1922 religious novel that imagines the Easter story through Roman eyes, this early-20th-century writer brought biblical history to life in a direct, accessible way. His surviving published record is slim, which gives his work a quiet, rediscovered charm.
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An Easter Disciple: The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight
by Arthur Benton Sanford
About the author
Arthur Benton Sanford is known today chiefly for An Easter Disciple: The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight, published in 1922. The book retells the story of Jesus' ministry and resurrection from the perspective of a Roman observer, blending historical fiction with Christian reflection in a compact, readable form.
Available library and public-domain records confirm that this is the work most closely associated with his name. Genealogical and memorial sources also identify him as Rev. Arthur Benton Sanford and place his lifespan from 1851 to 1933, suggesting a background in Christian ministry as well as writing.
Although little biographical detail is widely preserved, his work has remained available through library catalogs and Project Gutenberg, which has helped keep this unusual Easter narrative in circulation for modern readers interested in faith-centered historical fiction.