by John Jakes · Lübbe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783404108671
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«Die Erben Kains» is the historical novel by John Jakes, published by Lübbe in paperback (772 pages, in German).
In «Die Erben Kains», John Jakes follows the Hazards, an industrial clan from Pennsylvania, and the Mains, slave-owning planters from South Carolina. Orry and George become friends at West Point in 1842, without foreseeing that the Civil War will set them against each other. It portrays social life, religious tensions, inequality, and slavery in the USA.
It is the first installment of the trilogy «Fackeln im Sturm», the German version of «North and South»; John Jakes's novel was adapted for television.
For readers of historical fiction and family sagas set during the American Civil War.
John William Jakes was an American writer, best known for historical and speculative fiction. His American Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He was also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. Jakes used the pen name Jay Scotland among others.
