North and South: 1 - Brossura

Jakes, John

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ISBN 10: 0451200810 ISBN 13: 9780451200815

Casa editrice: Berkley, 2000

Riassunto

When their two sons meet as West Point cadets, the southern, plantation-owning Main family and the industrialist Hazards of Pennsylvania find their lives interlocked, as the nation moves toward Civil War. Reprint.

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Recensione:

“A panoramic, populous...lusty trek through the pages of American history.”—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“A marvelous book...should become one of the great novels of American history.”—Nashville Banner
 
“At the very heart of every Jakes saga is a story that throbs to the beat of history.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
“Jakes at his best...Keep[s] the reader turning the pages.”—Boston Herald America
 
“Jakes has few peers...he winds a spell...that won’t be broken until the last page of the last volume is turned.”—Detroit Free Press

L'autore:

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 fiction.

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• Editore: Berkley
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0451200810
• ISBN 13: 9780451200815
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 816