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John Jakes

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He could never be anything more than what he was: the inheritor of weakness and unbridled emotion, a creature possessed by the past, and carrying its curse forever into the future--


— John Jakes


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Human beings may be inconsistent, but human nature is true to itself


— John Jakes


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It was followed by "The Rebels" (1979) and "The Seekers" (1979). Bibliography


Mainstream novels


The Kent Family Chronicles

The Bastard (1974)
The Rebels (1975)
The Seekers (1975)
The Furies (1976)
The Titans (1976)
The Warriors (1977)
The Lawless (1978)
The Americans (1979)


The North and South trilogy

North and South (1982)
Love and War (1984)
Heaven and Hell (1987)


The Crown Family Saga
Homeland (1993)
American Dreams (1998)


Other
A Night For Treason (1956)
Wear A Fast Gun (1956)
The Devil Has Four Faces (1958)
The Seventh Man (1958)
I Barbarian (1959) (as Jay Scotland)
Johnny Havoc (1960)
Sir Scoundrel (1962) (as Jay Scotland)
Arena (1963) (as Jay Scotland)
Making It Big aka Johnny Havoc And The Siren In Red (1968)
California Gold (1989)
In The Big Country (1993) later reissued as The Bold Frontier (2001)
On Secret Service (2000)
Charleston (2002)
Savannah or a Gift for Mr. Civil War which sold 10 million copies and was turned into an ABC-TV miniseries.

John William Jakes (also known as Jay Scotland born on March 31 1932) is an American writer best known for American historical fiction.

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