Charleston
By: John Jakes.
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780451207333
Subjects: Charleston (S.C.) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Follows the lives, loves, and shifting fortunes of the unforgettable Bell family, from the American Revolution through the turbulent antebellum years to the savage defeat of the Confederacy. Jakes paints a powerful portrait of the Charleston aristocracy who zealously guard their wealth and privilege--while harboring dark family secrets that threaten to destroy them all. Peopled by a sprawling cast of memorable characters-- patriots and cowards, aristocrats and abolitionists, slaves and freedmen, heroic men and courageous women.