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The Bastard is a historical novel written by John Jakes and originally published in 1974. It is book one in a series known as The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series. [ 1 ] The novel mixes fictional characters with historical events or people, to tell the story of the United States of America in the time period leading up ...
1356 is the fourth novel in The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 2012. It is set in 1356, nearly a decade after the original trilogy, and culminates with the Battle of Poitiers. Intertwined in the plot is the quest to find la Malice, a fabled sword of Saint Peter and Christian relic which may turn the tide of the long ...
Berg is a major figure in science writer Sam Kean's historical book The Bastard Brigade. [64] In 2017, during the first season of the biographical series Genius, which tells the story of Albert Einstein, Berg is seen in the ninth episode, played by Adam Garcia. The biographical film The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) was based on Nicholas Dawidoff's ...
The Bastard, a 1929 novel by Erskine Caldwell; Bastard!!, a manga by Kazushi Hagiwara (since 1988) The Bastard, a 1974 novel by John Jakes "Bâtard" ("Bastard" or "Mongrel"), a 1902 short story by Jack London
Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749 novel): Tom, the bastard infant of a country girl, is left in an anonymous bundle to the care of the rich and kind-hearted Mr. Allworthy. Mr. Allworthy raises Tom, who grows up and has a number of adventures over the book's thousand-plus pages.
Scott Lynch (born April 2, 1978) [1] is an American fantasy author, best known for the Gentleman Bastard Sequence series of novels. His first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, was purchased by Orion Books in August 2004 and published in June 2006 under the Gollancz imprint in the United Kingdom and under the Bantam imprint in the United States.
In addition to his two earlier series Law & Order and The Nation's Health, each based on his books, he is known for more recent TV series including Judge John Deed and New Street Law. Newman's first book, Sir, You Bastard , was a bestseller on publication in 1970.
The Bastard of Vaurus, defended the French town in the siege of Meaux in 1422; Corneille, bastard of Burgundy (1420–1452), illegitimate son of Philip the Good; Geoffrey, the Bastard, Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (c. 1152–1212), illegitimate son of Henry II, King of England; Harry the Bastard, from the British 1990s television series Bottom