Charleston

Name: Charleston
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.67 (12 reviews)
Author: John Jakes
ISBN: 9781442343078

Author: John Jakes

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 18 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 01/04/2011

Categories: Fiction, Military Fiction, Sagas, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Charleston follows the lives, loves, and shifting fortunes of the Bells -- saints and evil-doers mingled in one unforgettable family -- from the American Revolution through the turbulent antebellum years to the Civil War and the savage defeat of the Confederacy. Delving into our country's history as only he can, Jakes paints a powerful portrait of the Charleston aristocracy who zealously guarded their privilege and position, harboring dark family secrets that threatened to destroy them all. Sweeping from the bitterly divided Carolina frontier of the 1770s through the tragic destruction of the city during the Civil War, Charleston represents America's premier storyteller at his very best.

About John Jakes

John Jakes is the bestselling author of Charleston, the eight-volume 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. He lives in South Carolina and Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by S’s Reading World on August 09, 2016

This is the first book that I have read by John Jakes. As a fan of Charleston and historical fiction I decided to not let its size daunt me and found it quite hard to put down. Me. Jakes clearly has an impressive knowledge of US history in the Deep South during the 18th and 19th centuries. I found h......more

Goodreads review by Kelsey on November 24, 2020

Actual Rating: 2.5 (HALF stars! Do you hear me Goodreads moderators? HALF STARS!!) When I first read this book, I assumed that it had been written in the nineties. It was actually published in 2003, but it hit a lot of the beats that were already overplayed by that time. In 2020, this book feels soli......more

Goodreads review by Brent on November 24, 2018

Jakes follows the Bell family from the early 1700s to around 1880. He breaks it down into three mini-books. The first deals with Charleston during the Revolutionary War. I never realized that Charleston was an occupied city controled by the British. The second book deals with those years leading up......more