The Bastard
New York, N.Y. : Signet, [2004]
Format: Book
Description: xii, 528 pages : genealogical table ; 17 cm.
This is the story of Philip Kent. The illegitimate son of a British nobleman who was denied his heritage, he embraces the ideals of the fledgling nation of America-and takes up arms against his father's homeland.
Series: Jakes, John, 1932-2023. Kent family chronicles ; v. 1.
Contents:
Book one: Fortune's whirlwind -- The beating -- Behind the Madonna -- Blood in the snow -- Kentland -- A game of love -- "A perfect member of the mob-ility" -- Brother against brother -- Trap -- Flight -- Book two: The house of Sholto and sons -- Swords at St. Paul's -- The black miracle -- Mr. Burke and Dr. Franklin -- The wizard of Craven Street -- The one-eyed man -- The bristol coach -- To an unknown shore -- Book three: Liberty tree -- The secret room -- Mistress Anne -- September fire -- Night of the axe -- Decision -- The sergeant -- Betrayal -- Journey to darkness -- Book four: The road from Concord bridge -- The letter -- A death in Philadelphia -- Alicia -- Too much for the whistle -- Alarm at midnight -- "Goddamn it, they are firing ball!"
Subjects:
Kent family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction.
Kent, Philip (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
United States -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Kent family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction.
Kent, Philip (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
United States -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
0451211030
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Jakes | Sandhills Indoors | Fiction | In |
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Reprint with new introduction by the author. Originally published: Doubleday, ©1974.