The Son Of A Star: A Romance Of The Second Century is a novel written by Benjamin Ward Richardson and published in 1888. The story is set in the second century and follows the life of a young man named Glaucus, who is the son of a Roman senator and a Jewish mother. Glaucus is torn between his loyalty to Rome and his love for his mother's people, the Jews.As the story progresses, Glaucus becomes involved in a love affair with a beautiful Jewish woman...