Dealing with Reconstruction as the earlier volumes dealt, respectively, with pre-Civil War rumblings and the war itself, this novel resumes the saga of the Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina, both families now sadly depleted and bound together as much by hate as love. "As one might expect, this final volume in Jake's North and South trilogy makes splendid reading. John Jakes concludes his fascinating historical/sociological trilogy with great changes and complications and eventual conclusion for his characters that span almost every aspect of America at the time. Revenge against the North, against other races, against each other the horrible feelings of a defeated and broken world. Meanwhile, Bent and Ashton are still looking for revenge, which is the running theme of the novel.
Madeleine, Orry's widow, tries to fight racism and provide for the freedmen of her plantation. Charles Main-the focus of the book-must deal with his status as traitor, as well as the death of his lover and raising his infant son, while he tries to find a place in the American West.
The Hazards and Mains attempt to survive in the Reconstruction era in this the final book of the North and South Trilogy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: very light wear to extremities barely discernible crease near the heel of the back strip and a crease along the front hinge the top of the rear hinge has been bumped, and there is a fairly mild crumple crease at that point a bit of shelf-soiling along the bottom edge binding shows the slightest lean, while remaining perfectly secure text clean.
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