The Bastard (Kent Family Chronicles, Vol. 1) by John Jakes Paperback Book

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Rent The Bastard (Kent Family Chronicles, Vol. 1)

Author: John Jakes

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: New Amer Library

Published: Jan 2004

Genre: Fiction - Historical - General

Retail Price: $9.99

Pages: 528

Synopsis

The illegitimate son of a British nobleman journeys to America where he finds a true passion for life under the tutelage of Benjamin Franklin and works at a printing house where he discovers the radical writings of Sam Adams, leading him to the battlefields of the Revolutionary War. Reissue.

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