Ebook {Epub PDF} Charleston by John Jakes

 · John Jakes is the bestselling author of Charleston, the Kent Family Chronicles, the North and South trilogy, On Secret Service, California Gold, Homeland, and American Dreams. Descended from a soldier of the Virginia Continental Line who fought in the American Revolution, Jakes is one of today’s most distinguished authors of historical bltadwin.ru: Penguin Publishing Group. Delving into our country's history as only he can, Jakes paints a powerful portrait of the Charleston aristocracy who zealously guarded their privilege and position, harboring dark family secrets that threatened to destroy them all. From AudioFile. From the American Revolution through the Civil War, John Jakes traces the lives, passions, and fortunes of the Bell family of Charleston, South Carolina. This is a satisfyingly old-fashioned saga, replete with brave men and cowards, slaves and freedmen, abolitionists and slave owners, vixens and heroines/5().

Though at times a historically illuminating work, Charleston, bestselling author John Jakes's fictional retelling of the title city's early history through the Civil War, remains a largely uninspiring bltadwin.ruston offers an account of the burgeoning city from the perspective of the fictional Bell family, whose British immigrant predecessors arrive in Charleston in CHARLESTON. John Jakes, Author. Dutton $ (p) ISBN Jakes, the bestselling master of historical fiction, begins his newest saga in , a mere 50 years after the first. by John Jakes. Established in Charleston in the s, the Bell family prospers beyond recognition until the American Civil War. The destruction of Charleston during the war affects the family members differently but it also exposes dark secrets that could one day destroy all of them.

Charleston by John Jakes (, Mass Market, Reprint) The lowest-priced brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging (where packaging is applicable). Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in non-retail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag. With more than 50 million copies of his books in print, John Jakes is one of the preeminent novelists of American historical fiction. Now this beloved storyteller takes readers to Charleston, South Edition Details. Professional Reviews. Format: Hardcover. Charleston by John Jakes, John Jakes, Dylan Baker. Click here for the lowest price! Audio CD, ,