Synopses & Reviews
The bestselling saga that has sold more than 5 million copies.
The books that inspired the smash-hit television miniseries.
Beautifully repackaged for the Dutton hardcover release of On Secret Service--John Jakes's long-awaited return to the Civil War years...
Synopsis
Part one of the #1New York Timesbestselling North and South Trilogy the Civil War saga that inspired the classic television miniseriesNorth and South with over five million copies sold
An entertaining authentic dramatization of American history. The New York Times
From master storyteller John Jakes comes the epic story of two families the Hazards and the Mains. Separated by vastly different ways of life, joined by the unbreakable bonds of true friendship, and torn asunder by a country on the brink of a bloody conflict that will irrevocably change them all "
About the Author
John Jakes is the bestselling author of Charleston, the 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.