Praised by Patricia Cornwell as -the best historical novelist of our time, - John Jakes began his bestselling career with this vibrant novel of romance and adventure. The Bastard begins the enduring eight-volume saga of the Kent family, and their participation in the events that shaped a nation... The illegitimate son of the Duke of Kentland, Phillipe Charboneau has been denied his birthright by his father's family. So he flees to London where he learns the printing trade...but his journey truly begins when he falls under the influence of a man named Benjamin Franklin and...
Praised by Patricia Cornwell as -the best historical novelist of our time, - John Jakes began his bestselling career with this vibrant novel of rom...
Philip Kent fights for the future of his adopted country and of his own wife and son, as British oppression leads America further into Revolutionary War. Includes a new Introduction by Jakes.
Philip Kent fights for the future of his adopted country and of his own wife and son, as British oppression leads America further into Revolutionary W...
