Lawless

Renowned for his bestselling novels that chronicle the birth of the United States and the principles on which it was founded, "John Jakes makes history come alive, makes it stir your blood and excite your senses" (Nelson DeMille). The Lawless continues the eight-volume saga of the Kent family as three brothers find that their notions of what constitutes justice often conflict with the law of the land.... Veterans of the Confederacy, the sons of abolitionist Jephtha Kent seek out their destinies in the post-Civil War era. Gideon takes up the cause of workers' rights, waging a war of words against unscrupulous and dangerous business barons....Matt realizes his dream as an artist among the Parisian elite only to become adept in the art of political conspiracy....And Jeremiah flees farther west across America, earning a reputation as an infamous shootist, which brings him ever closer to fulfilling a prophecy of bloody death....Jakes, John is the author of 'Lawless', published 2005 under ISBN 9780451214522 and ISBN 0451214528.