Episode Four marked 1856 as the year Billy Hazard and Charles Main graduated from West Point. Eighteen fifty-three? The timeline should have jumped at least three-to-four years to the early months of 1852. The miniseries then jumped five years later, marking the death of Orry's father, Tillet Main, in 1853. In fact, most of the events in the episode's first half - George's second visit to Mont Royal, Priam's escape, George's wedding to Constance Flynn, the Philadelphia abolitionist meeting, the consummation of Orry's affair with Madeline LaMotte and the accident at Hazard Iron - all took place in 1848. The episode began during the late winter/early spring of 1848. * Timeline in Episode Three - Part of the timeline featured in Episode Three is in error. Whoever wrote this scene seemed to have forgotten that this miniseries was set during the mid-19th century. No adult male of Orry's class would regard his 8-to-10 year-old sister's knowledge of the overseer's sex life without being horrified. Instead of being appalled by his young sister's knowledge of Jones' sex life, Orry casually acknowledged the information. Upon his arrival, he learned about overseer Salem Jones' sexual exploitation of a young female house slave named Semiramis from his eight-to-ten year-old sister, Ashton. * Ashton Main's Knowledge of Salem Jones' Sex Life - Orry returned to Mont Royal, his family's South Carolina rice plantation during the summer of 1844 for a three month furlough. Why was he holding lessons in swordsmanship to the plebes in his platoon?
And two, Bent was at the beginning of his second year as a West Point cadet. As a poor scholar, Orry lacked the brains to be a good swordsman. Needless to say, Cadet Main emerged the victor. * Orry Main's Swordsmanship - Cadets Orry Main and Elkhannah Bent engaged in a duel, during the latter's swordsmanship class for the platoon under his command at West Point. In fact, no rail service between New York City and West Point exists today. Anyone traveling to the Military Academy would have to do so by a river steamer up the Hudson River. There was no rail service between New York City and the West Point Academy in 1842. This mode of transportation for this particular route was impossible. * Journey to West Point - After their initial meeting during a brawl with workers at a New York City stage station, future West Point cadets George Hazard and Orry Main traveled to the U.S. "NORTH AND SOUTH: BOOK I" is not perfect. If I must be honest, I share that opinion.
THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF "NORTH AND SOUTH: BOOK I" (1985)įor many fans of the television adaptations of John Jakes' NORTH AND SOUTH trilogy, the first miniseries, a 1985 television adaptation of the 1982 novel, is considered the best.
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