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Charleston

Author: John Jakes
Publisher: New York : Signet, 2003, ©2002.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Follows the lives, loves, and shifting fortunes of the unforgettable Bell family, from the American Revolution through the turbulent antebellum years to the savage defeat of the Confederacy. Jakes paints a powerful portrait of the Charleston aristocracy who zealously guard their wealth and privilege--while harboring dark family secrets that threaten to destroy them all. Peopled by a sprawling cast of memorable  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction., Domestic fiction.
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Jakes
ISBN: 0451207335 9780451207333
OCLC Number: 52598553
Description: xiv, 532 p. : maps ; 18 cm.
Responsibility: John Jakes.

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Follows the lives, loves, and shifting fortunes of the unforgettable Bell family, from the American Revolution through the turbulent antebellum years to the savage defeat of the Confederacy. Jakes paints a powerful portrait of the Charleston aristocracy who zealously guard their wealth and privilege--while harboring dark family secrets that threaten to destroy them all. Peopled by a sprawling cast of memorable characters-- patriots and cowards, aristocrats and abolitionists, slaves and freedmen, heroic men and courageous women.

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