Historical Romance, Literary Styles & Movements - Fiction, Westerns, Historical Fiction
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Overview
The epic saga of America--and the people who made her great...The passionate chronicle of Philip Kent, patriot soldier, and the colorful array of men and women--both famous and unknown--whose destiny propelled them into the epic struggle for American indepence.
Volume II of the Kent Family Chronicles
Editorials
Library Journal
This is the second of eight installments of Jakes's ``Kent Family Chronicles,'' a very popular series about the American Revolution written in the 1970s. The story revolves around newly married Philip Kent, a 22-year-old printer from Massachusetts who is serving in the American colonial forces. He is contrasted with Judson Fletcher of Virginia, a dissolute, wealthy tobacco planter's son. Author Jakes spruces up the narrative with vivid battle accounts as well as descriptions of the hardships of soldiers and civilians. The story is narrated by John Maurice, who reads distinctly and very slowly. Public libraries should consider purchasing if the series is still popular with their patrons.-- Susan Mills, Liverpool P.L., N.Y.Book Details
Published
December 31, 1993
Publisher
G K Hall & Co,US
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780783811093