The Gods of Newport

CD Edition

by John Jakes
narrated by Jack Garrett

Genre: Saga
Age Group: Adult

Book Reference: DIR1054
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6104 5

Duration: 12h 30m (approx.) on 11 CDs

Publication Date: June 2008

Price: £24.46

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Synopsis

In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island, was a cauldron of undeclared class warfare where reputations were made and lost in a whirlwind of parties and fancied slights.
In 1893, Sam Driver, railroad mogul and one of the few surviving robber barons of the lawless years after the Civil War, knocks on the door of fabled Newport together with his daughter, Jenny, determined not to be turned away a second time. The first time, his new money was tainted by his rapacious reputation, but once again the Drivers find that some who know Sam's past won't let it rest. But some locals are prepared to assist the Drivers. At a price...

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Los Angeles Times

“The godfather of the historical novel.”

Publishers Weekly

“Jakes serves up a melodrama and satire of the tyranny of social convention.”
 
 
 

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