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    Charleston
    Charleston
    Charleston
    Audiobook18 hours

    Charleston

    Written by John Jakes

    Narrated by George Guidall

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 4, 2011
    ISBN9781442343078
    Charleston
    Author

    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.

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    • 4/5
      I so enjoy John Jakes. And I got an extra tickle from this one because he refers to a few of his other books in it.
    • 1/5
      Once more, John Jakes gives us a novel where a man happens to love a beautiful but evil woman, which causes great unhappiness, and her evil evil blood passes down the generations, while the hero's blood are all noble and good and gay. Oh, and let's not forget the sexity sex sex. This is a truly abominable book, and anyone that can take it off my hands is more than welcome to.