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Charleston
Unknown author · historical fiction
John Jakes brings us his sixteenth consecutive New York Times bestseller-an acclaimed saga of two nation-shaping wars as seen by a powerful South Carolina dynasty. *Charleston* 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-and represents America's premier storyteller at his very best.
About this historical novel
Charleston by Unknown author is historical fiction rooted in Global / multiple. John Jakes brings us his sixteenth consecutive New York Times bestseller-an acclaimed saga of two nation-shaping wars as seen by a powerful South Carolina dynasty. *Charleston* 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-and represents America's premier storyteller at his very best.
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John Jakes brings us his sixteenth consecutive New York Times bestseller-an acclaimed saga of two nation-shaping wars as seen by a powerful South Carolina dynasty. *Charleston* 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-and represents America's premier storyteller at his very best.
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Global / multiple
Themes
- fiction
- historical fiction
- large type books
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, sagas
- south carolina, fiction
- domestic fiction
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