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'''''North and South''''' is shorthand for a trilogy of books written by John Jakes: ''North and South'', set during the antebellum period of American history, ''Love and War'', which takes place during the [[American Civil War|Civil
The focal point of the saga is a budding [[Heterosexual Life Partners|
The books were adapted into a TV [[
Not to be confused with the Elizabeth Gaskell novel and miniseries [[North and South (Gaskell novel)|of the same
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* [[The Alcatraz]]: The infamous [[wikipedia:Libby Prison|Libby
* [[All-Star
* [[An Arm and a
** John Jakes fought this for a while, but was ultimately convinced that Orry losing an arm would constantly take viewers out of the story, as they'd spend every scene trying to spot how Patrick Swayze was hiding his arm.
* [[And Your Little Dog,
* [[Arranged
* [[Artistic
* [[Authority Equals
* [[Back-to-Back
* [[Badass Beard]]: George Hazard gains one after enlisting in the Union Army.
* [[Bastard Bastard]]: Bent was fobbed off onto an abusive foster home after his ''real'' father, a U.S. Senator, decided to cover up his own marital infidelities.
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* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Madeline always looks amazing, even when sleep-deprived, beaten, and drugged up her eyeballs.
** ''Heaven & Hell'' elevates Madeline to "Hot Mess" status as she works to rebuild Mont Royal.
* [[Beware the Nice
** Madeline in the first book. Following months of being beaten and drugged by Justin, she breaks loose and fights him off with a cutlass.
*** This wasn't the last time David Carradine would get his ass handed to him by [[Kill Bill|a chick with a sword]].
* [[Big Bad]]: Elkanah Bent.
* [[Black and White
* [[Break the
* [[The
** [[Gene
** [[Elizabeth
** Wayne Newton is the warden of a Confederate prison camp.
** [[Johnny Cash]] as John Brown ("We most certainly are at war!").
* [[Cool Old
* [[Dark
* [[Damsel in
* [[Domestic
* [[Drill Sergeant
* [[Dropped a Bridge on
* [[Duel to the Death]]: Orry schools Charles in the finer arts of dueling prior to facing off against a aristocrat.
** Another time, some of the Southern villains maneuver one of the Northern characters into a pistol duel with a sabotaged gun so they can murder him legally. Fortunately, the more sympathetic southerners learn what is going on and charge in to stop it.
* [[Establishing Character
* [[Evil Is
* [[Evil Is One Big Happy
* [[Evil Is
* [[Fake
* [[Freudian
* [[Great
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: Madeline unwittingly makes an enemy by helping Ashton during her abortion. One of the Main family's slaves warns that Ashton won't Madelene to continue on in the family while knowing her shameful secret.
* [[Deadly Change-of-
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Stanley Hazard and James Huntoon are married to an embezzler and a sociopath, respectively. Stanley gets bullied into betraying George and selling shoddy equipment to the Union forces, while Huntoon is merely a puppet for Ashton and Bent to carry out their plot.
* [[Her Heart Will Go
* [[Historical
* [[Homosocial
* [[How the Mighty Have
* [[The
* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Kid]]: In the final phase of his revenge plot, {{spoiler|Bent kidnaps Charles Main's son to raise as his own}}.
* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like
* [[Informed
* [[Injun
* [[Kill the
* [[Love Across
* [[Marital Rape
* [[Meet
* [[Names to Run Away From Really
* [[Never Found the
* [[One-Scene
** [[Star Wars|Billy D.
* [[The Other
** Finally, the part of Isabel is played by a total of three actresses.
* [[Politically-Correct
* [[Politically-Incorrect
* [[Principles
* [[Professional
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Also numerous.
* [[Romancing the Widow]]: In ''Heaven and Hell'', {{spoiler|George and Madeline}}.
* [[Save the
* [[Scars Are
* [[Second Act Breakup]]: In ''Love and War'', Madeline deserts Orry after {{spoiler|Ashton threatens to expose her black lineage and disgrace Orry's family}}. They finally reconcile after the war ends. Only in the miniseries, not in the novels.
* [[See You in Hell]]
* [[Sleazy
* [[Soaperizing]]
* [[Spoiled
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]
* [[Sword
* [[The Epic]]
* [[Torches and
* [[Villain Exit Stage
* [[Wanted
* [[War for Fun and
* [[Where Da White Women At?]]: Virgilia befriends and eventually marries a freed slave named Grady.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: After Billy Hazard leaves Ashton for her sister, Ashton conspires with a criminal to have him murdered.
** In the miniseries, Virgilia agrees to serve as Congressman Greene's mistress in exchange for a judicial pardon. In his final scene, Greene reveals {{spoiler|that Virgilia's name has been cleared for month; he was just stringing her along in exchange for sex. Virgilia goes berserk and shoots him dead}}.
* [[A Worldwide
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