The Son of a Star; A Romance of the Second Century
| Title | The Son of a Star; A Romance of the Second Century |
| Year for Search | 1888 |
| Authors | Richardson, Benjamin Ward(1828-96) |
| Volume / Edition | 3 vols. |
| Date Published | 1888 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Most of the novel is an adventure story set around Roman Britain and the relations between Rome and Palestine. Noviomagus or the state of the New Magicians is an enclave in Roman Britain that produces a eutopia by reversing the usual patterns. For example, every person holds an office except for one, who is designated the "Regular Citizen". The general commanding all the military is chosen for his peacefulness. The Treasurer must be able to write but not be able to read, which kept him from reading texts in political economy. See also 1876 Richardson. |
| Additional Publishers | Also published in an abr. one volume ed. New York: Longmans, Green, 1888; and London: Longmans, Green, 1889. The eutopia, "The Noviomagians", is found in volume II, Chapter 5 (66-96) and, in the one volume edition, Chapter XXI (187-202). The utopia was published separately as At Noviomagus: A Tribute of Affection to the Late Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson Fifteen Years Lord High President of the Noviomagians, 1881-1896. London: Chiswick Press, 1897. |
| Title Note | At Noviomagus: A Tribute of Affection to the Late Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson Fifteen Years Lord High President of the Noviomagians, 1881-1896. London: Chiswick Press, 1897. |
| Holding Institutions | LLL, MH, O, PSt |
| Author Note | The author (1828-1896) was a well-known doctor who was trained and initially practiced in Scotland and moved to London in the early 1850s. He was a leader of the temperance movement as well as a sanitation campaigner. |
| Full Text | 1888 Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828-96). The Son of a Star; A Romance of the Second Century. 3 vols. Most of the novel is an adventure story set around Roman Britain and the relations between Rome and Palestine. Noviomagus or the state of the New Magicians is an enclave in Roman Britain that produces a eutopia by reversing the usual patterns. For example, every person holds an office except for one, who is designated the “Regular Citizen”. The general commanding all the military is chosen for his peacefulness. The Treasurer must be able to write but not be able to read, which kept him from reading texts in political economy. See also 1876 Richardson. The author was a well-known doctor who was trained and initially practiced in Scotland and moved to London in the early 1850s. He was a leader of the temperance movement as well as a sanitation campaigner. |
