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 travels to America. Changing his name to Philip Kent, he finds work at a printing house, and discovers the radical writings of Sam Adams. He has a new identity and a new passion. And soon he will become a soldier, fighting alongside the colonists in a turbulent adventure that would be called the Revolutionary War…Author: John Jakes
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 01/06/2004
Series: Kent Family Chronicles #1
Pages: 544
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 6.69h x 4.26w x 1.44d
ISBN: 9780451211033
Language: English
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