The Trilogy about Josephus Flavius. The Jewish War. Sons. A Day Will Come

In 1932, the outstanding German writer Lion Feuchtwanger published the novel "The Jewish War"; in 1935, the novel "Sons" followed; and in 1945 — "A Day Will Come". Together, they formed a trilogy dedicated to the life of the Roman historian and military leader of Jewish descent, Josephus Flavius. A first-order priest of the Jerusalem Temple, a patriot, and participant in the Jewish uprising, Joseph ben Mattathias finds himself facing a painful choice: to submit to captivity or to accept death, to turn to the side of the Romans and betray the faith of his fathers, or to perish. However, the future creator of the historical treatise "The Jewish War" chooses his own path, on which he is infinitely alone: living in Rome and enjoying the patronage of the Flavians, he becomes the most devoted preacher of the unique role of the Jewish people in the history of humanity… In Feuchtwanger's work — a German of Jewish descent who was forced to leave Germany with the rise of the Nazis — the themes of exile from the homeland and the place of the Jewish people in the world acquire a special, deeply personal resonance.