num_pages: 528
description: 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. He arrives at the brink of the American Revolution, which tests his allegiances in ways he never imagined. The first volume of John Jakes’s wildly successful and highly addictive Kent Family Chronicles, The Bastard is a triumph of historical fiction.
language: English
title: The Bastard
titlecomplete: The Bastard (Kent Family Chronicles, #1)
characters: Solomon Sholto, Jane Amberly, Philip Kent, Alicia Parkhurst, Mr. Fox., Will Caleb, Marie Charboneau, Gil du Motier, James Amberly, Roger Amberly, Mr. Hoskins., Anne Ware, Girard.
genres: American Revolutionary War, Historical, Historical Fiction, Drama, American History, Adult, War, Historical Romance, American Revolution, Fiction
ratings_count: 24291
places: England, London, England, Auvergne Region, Tonbridge, Kent, England, Chavaniac, Auvergne, Massachusetts, Kent, England, Boston, Massachusetts, France
series: Kent Family Chronicles
publisher: Berkley