Kent Family Chronicles Series by John Jakes

4.12 · 163 ratings
  • The Bastard (Kent Family Chronicles #1)
    #1

    The Bastard (Kent Family Chronicles #1)

    John Jakes

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 1974

    One man’s quest for his destiny leads him to the New World and into the heart of the American Revolution. Meet Phillipe Charboneau: the illegitimate son and unrecognized heir of the Duke of Kentland. Upon the Duke’s death, Phillipe is denied his birthright and left to build a life of his own. Seeking all that the New World promises, he leaves London for America, shedding his past and preparing for the future by changing his name to Philip Kent... more

  • The Rebels (Kent Family Chronicles #2)
    #2

    The Rebels (Kent Family Chronicles #2)

    John Jakes

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1975

    The glittering saga of our America -- and the people who made her great.Beginning with a rag-tag group of Continental soldiers awaiting the British charge on Breed's Hill, and sweeping across the luminous fabric of our Nation's earliest, war-torn years. THE REBELS continues 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 independence... more

  • The Seekers (Kent Family Chronicles #3)
    #3

    The Seekers (Kent Family Chronicles #3)

    John Jakes

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1975

    With the end of the colonies' fight for independence begins a new and even more glorious battle to build a new nation. It is an epoch ripe with the passion that only a country in its springtime can inflame, and two young heirs to a family dynasty dare to confront without fear the barbarity of the West -- the Indian resistance, cruel townships, death...Here is a panorama of magnificent action, peopled by, some of the bravest characters of an age... more

  • The Furies (Kent Family Chronicles #4)
    #4

    The Furies (Kent Family Chronicles #4)

    John Jakes

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1976

    The eight-volume epic of the Kent family continues as a new generation struggles to survive within a nation rife with conflict. Amanda Kent was a woman of great courage, but nothing prepared her for the massacre she witnessed at the Alamo. Now she's returned to Boston to rebuild the Kent legacy.

  • The Titans (Kent Family Chronicles #5)
    #5

    The Titans (Kent Family Chronicles #5)

    John Jakes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings · published 1976

    Raging with the heartbreaks and tragedies of our nation's darkest hours, this passionate saga follows a dynamic generation of Kents through the hell of Civil War--from New York, where the Kent empire fears destruction...to Washington, where the family is drawn into the rank web of espionage...to the battlefields of the South, where the youngest Kents rally with pride and honor.. more

  • The Warriors (Kent Family Chronicles #6)
    #6

    The Warriors (Kent Family Chronicles #6)

    John Jakes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1977

    The Kent Family Chronicles continue as Confederate Corporal Jeremiah Kent carries out his commander's dying request-while the Union Army ravages Georgia.

  • Lawless (Kent Family Chronicles #7)
    #7

    Lawless (Kent Family Chronicles #7)

    John Jakes

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1978

    The Kent Family Chronicles continue as Jeremiah Kent becomes an infamous shootist in the Wild West-bringing him closer to a destiny that will end in bloodshed.

  • The Americans (Kent Family Chronicles #8)
    #8

    The Americans (Kent Family Chronicles #8)

    John Jakes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1979

    A NATION ADRIFT -- AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE IT HOPEIt was the whip-end of an era -- when innocence died and money lust was enthroned. The new generation of Kents was locked in a feverish race for wealth -- even as Europe's millions poured across the seas, to change the face of our nation and reap its forgotten promise among the pushcarts of Mulberry Street, the hardnosed docks of Boston, the steaming Barbary Coast.Gideon Kent, his health failing, fears for the future of his lost dynasty... more

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