 Novels inspired by Pilate 's wife include The Bride of Pilate ( 1959 ) by Esther Kellner ; and Pilate 's Wife : A Novel of the Roman Empire ( 2006 ) , & Claudia : Daughter of Rome ( 2008 ) , both by Antoinette May . All books use the name Claudia , and May 's book depicts her parents as Roman aristocrats related by blood to Emperor Augustus . Pilate 's Wife by H.D. ( Hilda Doolittle ) , written between 1929 and 1934 but posthumously published in 2000 , presents Pilate 's wife with the name Veronica . Carol Ann Duffy 's 1999 poetry collection ' The World 's Wife ' also contains a poem titled ' Pilate 's Wife ' . 
