John Jakes: Bastard John Jakes (Hardcover, 1990, HarperCollins)
Hardcover
Published Jan. 15, 1990 by HarperCollins.
The Bastard is a historical novel written by John Jakes and originally published in 1974. It is book one in a series known as The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series. The novel mixes fictional characters with historical events or people, to tell the story of the United States of America in the time period leading up to the American Revolution.
Wooden and stereotyped plotline. I learned a bit about the events leading up to the War of Independence but that was all I really got out of this. Will not bother with the rest of the series.
