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1974 historical novel by American writer John Jakes

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 to the American Revolution.

The novel was adapted into a four-hour television film in 1978, also called The Bastard.^[2]

Plot summary

The story begins in November 1770 in Auvergne, France, near Chavaniac.

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Seventeen-year-old Philippe Charboneau, illegitimate son of James Amberly, the 6th Duke of Kent, travels with his mother Marie to Kent, England and stake their claim to his inheritance. When they arrive, the Duke's family refuse to recognize Philippe as the son of the Duke.

Lacking the funds to return to France, Marie and Philippe flee to