The novel “The Great Lover: The Youth of Pontius Pilate” continues the famous cycle, revealing to the reader the bright era of the Roman Empire, still far from its fall. Here they rule with the help of cruel, but such elegant intrigues, when poetry can become a weapon, and love - a reason for execution. This is a continuation of the svasoria novel from “Difficult Tuesday”, begun by the author in the first books - “The Childhood of Pontius Pilate. Difficult Tuesday" and "Poor fellow, or the Youth of Pilate. Difficult Tuesday."