He wrote the novelization of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and one of his more recent books tells the story of railroad tycoon Sam Driver.
Under the alias "Jay Scotland," this man wrote such potboilers as I, Barbarian and Sir Scoundrel. He wrote the novelization of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and one of his more recent books tells the story of railroad tycoon Sam Driver. Besides The Gods of Newport, he is better known for a eight-novel series beginning with The Bastard that described the Kent family and another book about the Hazard and Main families. FTP, name this author of North and South.
Under the alias "Jay Scotland," this man wrote such potboilers as I, Barbarian and Sir Scoundrel.
John Jakes