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1) The warriors
Author
Series
The Kent Family Chronicles volume 6
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
This addictive John Jakes adventure blends the Kents? ruthless push for an empire with murderous betrayal and the Civil War?s life-altering culmination With the Civil War reaching its gory climax, the divided Kent family is pushed to the edge of complete destruction. With the advent of the transcontinental Union Pacific Railroad, the Kents continue to fight for their foothold among America?s wealthy founding families. While their private, insular...
Author
Series
The North and South Trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The first volume of John Jakes?s acclaimed and sweeping saga about a friendship threatened by the divisions of the Civil War In the years leading up to the Civil War, one enduring friendship embodies the tensions of a nation. Orry Main from South Carolina and George Hazard from Pennsylvania forge a lasting bond while training at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Together they fight in the Mexican-American War, but their closeness is...
3) The bastard
Author
Series
The Kent Family Chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
One man?s quest for his destiny leads him to the New World and into the heart of the American Revolution � Meet Phillipe Charboneau: the illegitimate son and unrecognized heir of the Duke of Kentland. Upon the Duke?s death, Phillipe is denied his birthright and left to build a life of his own. Seeking all that the New World promises, he leaves London for America, shedding his past and preparing for the future by changing his name to Philip Kent....
4) The furies
Author
Series
The Kent Family Chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The Kents? saga expands as its first heroine takes center stage in the relentless struggle to build the family dynasty Opening twenty-two years after the events of The Seekers, John Jakes?s fourth Kent Family novel spans the blood-soaked era of America?s relentless expansion into the West. Amanda Kent, daughter of Gilbert Kent and Harriet Lebow, is one of the few women to escape the massacre at the Battle of the Alamo. Uncommonly brazen and focused,...
5) Love and war
Author
Series
The North and South Trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The Main and Hazard families clash on and off the Civil War?s battlefields as they grapple with the violent realities of a divided nation America?s master storyteller continues his reign with Love and War, a story steeped in passion and betrayal. With the Confederate and Union armies furiously fighting, the once-steadfast bond between the Main and Hazard families continues to be tested. From opposite sides of the conflict, they face heartache and...
6) The rebels
Author
Series
The Kent Family Chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The rousing Kent family saga continues as Philip Kent fights for his new country alongside the greatest figures of the Revolutionary War The engrossing follow-up to The Bastard finds Philip Kent standing as a Continental solider at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In a bold move, Kent has taken up arms for the future of his new family. Spirited and unwavering in his dedication to his adopted homeland, Kent fights in the most violent battles in America?s...
7) The titans
Author
Series
The Kent Family Chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The members of the Kent family?s most dynamic generation face internal clashes as the Civil War ignites In the hellish years of the Civil War, the Kent family faces its greatest trials yet. Louis, the devious son of the late Amanda Kent, is in control of the dynasty-and of its seemingly inevitable collapse. His cousin Jephtha Kent, meanwhile, backs the abolitionist cause, while his sons remain devoted Southerners. As the country fractures around the...
8) The seekers
Author
Series
The Kent Family Chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Against the backdrop of the harsh and unforgiving American frontier, Abraham Kent seeks to build a life and identity of his own Continuing the saga of the Kent family, John Jakes turns his masterful eye to the settlement of the untamed American West. Abraham Kent, the son of Philip Kent and Anne Ware, fought valiantly on the frontier, only to return home to Boston and a life he doesn?t want. Determined not to live in his father?s shadow, Abraham and...
Author
Series
The North and South Trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The searing conclusion to the North and South Trilogy brings the battle between the Mains and Hazards-and Confederate and Union armies-to a brilliantly satisfying end The last days of the Civil War bring no peace for the Main and Hazard families. As the Mains? South smolders in the ruins of defeat, the Hazards? North pushes blindly for relentless industrial progress. Both the nation and the families? long-standing bond hover on the brink of destruction....