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For sale is a set of eight 8 used, hardcover, book club editions of the kent family chronicles written by bestselling author john jakes. One of jakes betterknown works, the north and south trilogy. The complete series list for the kent family chronicles john jakes. Eileen mary jakes 26 mar 1921 thanet, kent, england sep 1987 last edited 4 oct 2019. At the turn of the century, failing health makes gideon kent fear for the future of his family dynasty, for his daughter eleanor, an actress, and his sons, carter, a con man, and will, who was scarred by his mothers breakdown. The 50novel, multimillion dollar saga of john jakes by. Please join us in collaborating on jakes family trees.
The kent family chronicles, 8 volume set john jakes on. The kent family chronicles continue as abolitionist jeptha kent and his sons find themselves on opposite sides of the civil war. His civil war trilogy, north and south, has sold millions of copies worldwide. John jakes is regarded as one of todays most distinguished writers of historical fiction. The bastard, the rebels, the seekers, the furies, the titans, the warriors, the lawless, the americans kent family chronicles, volumes 1 to 8 jakes, john on. With the rebels, the seekers, and the furies, jakes became the first author to. Philip kent will become the founder of a great line whose tale is told in the serial novel. The first quantity of john jakess wildly profitable and extremely addictive kent family chronicles, the bastard is a triumph of historic fiction. John jakes, the author of the kent family chronicles, the. John jakes is the bestselling author of the kent family chronicles, the north and south trilogy, and the crown family saga.
John william jakes born march 31, 1932 is an american writer, best known for american historical fiction. John jakes was born on march 31, 1932 in chicago, illinois, usa. Aug 22, 20 north and south is the name of an 1980s trilogy of novels by john jakes. The kent family chronicles 8 book series pdf ebook php. The furies kent family chronicles john jakes my books, american, reading. This ebook features an illustrated biography of john jakes including rare images from the authors personal collection. The bastard is the first in a series of eight novels called the kent family chronicles. The kent family chronicles book series by john jakes includes books the bastard kent family chronicles, vol. The first novel of the series was titled the bastard and was published in the year 1974. John jakes is an american author of historical fiction including historical romance and western fiction as well as science fiction and fantasy.
The kent family chronicles also known as the american bicentennial series is a series of eight novels by john jakes written to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the declaration of independence of the united states of america. First for its faithfulnes to history and second for the ingenious way that jakes is able to weave a fictional plot into a factual accounting. Amanda kent, daughter of gilbert kent and harriet lebow, is one of the few women to escape the. Opening twentytwo years after the events of the seekers, john jakes s fourth kent family novel spans the bloodsoaked era of americas relentless expansion into the west. The kent family chronicles continue as confederate corporal jeremiah kent carries out his commanders dying requestwhile the union army ravages georgia. The kent family chronicles is an eight novel series written by john jakes and all the novels of the series sold a huge number of copies worldwide. Below is a list of john jakes books in order of when they were originally published.
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