Kent Family Chronicles (Media Books Audio)

8 primary works

The Bastard

by John Jakes

Published 1 September 1974

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...

The Rebels

by John Jakes

Published 1 February 1975

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.

The Seekers

by John Jakes

Published 1 January 1975

The Kent Family Chronicles continue as Abraham Kent seeks to build a new life on the untamed Western frontier...

Furies

by John Jakes

Published 1 May 1976

The Titans

by John Jakes

Published 1 July 1976

Warriors

by John Jakes

Published 1 April 1977

The saga of the Kent Family and the founding of our nation continues....

Lawless

by John Jakes

Published 10 April 1978

Postwar prosperity and ruin transform a nation -- and a family, in Volume VII of the Kent Family Chronicles. John Jakes's epic adventure of the proud, passionate men and women who made America continues...

Americans

by John Jakes

Published 1 February 1980

Here is the sweeping American saga that made John Jakes a household name -- the epic story of the making of a new nation, embodied in the hopes and dreams of a proud and passionate American family. It is storytelling at its best. Classic John Jakes...