Kent family chronicles (John Jakes)
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1) The bastard
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 1
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Philip Kent. The illegitimate son of a British nobleman who was denied his heritage, he embraces the ideals of the fledgling nation of America-and takes up arms against his father's homeland
2) The rebels
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Series
Language
English
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...
3) The seekers
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Series
Language
English
Description
At the end of the Revolutionary War, Abraham Kent falls in love with his beautiful stepsister, and he knows that the only course open to him is to leave the comfortable life along the eastern seaboard.
4) The furies
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 4
Publisher
N. Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1977?] c1976
Language
English
Description
Newly widowed, Amanda Kent, a brave young woman raised by the Teton Sioux, after witnessing the horrors of war at the Alamo, is indentured to a Mexican officer and longs to return home to Boston and restore her family's legacy.
5) The Titans
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Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 5
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...
6) The warriors
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Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 6
Publisher
Pyramid Books
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
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...
7) The Lawless
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 7
Language
English
Description
In a flourishing post–Civil War America, the Kent family seizes good fortune again-until all is suddenly threatened by one woman's return The penultimate volume in John Jakes's stirring Kent Family Chronicles finds America booming in its postwar prosperity. With this newly secured peace comes an opportunity for the Kent family to reconcile and to thrive, both personally and financially. Gideon Kent takes up his father's vow to reunite the family,...
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 8
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2005, c1980
Language
English
Description
It was an era when innocence died and money ruled. And a new generation of Kents clawed for wealth as an immigrant horde poured in from across the sea. Gideon Kent, his life on the wane, frets over his lost dynasty. Eleanor, his actress-daughter, learns what it is to love an outsider in this land of the free, while Carter drifts cross-country in search of a lazy fortune. It falls to young Will to redeem Philip Kent's American dream.