North and South, The Complete Collection

Highly recommended séries depicting both sides of the Civil War told by conflicting families in the North and South. All star cast portray the deep wounds on both sides of the Mason Dixon line. Highly emotional and involving.

The first two books are good, but the quality of the drams is reduced because of the soap opera villains that are inserted - male and female Erica Kanes, but more more evil. It really cheapens things. Book 3 reads like the Little House episodes where Pa is put through hell by some villain. Again, good storytelling gives way to downtrodden heroes versus a range of Darth Vaders. I lost interest after the second episode of book 3 and had to force myself to finish it later. Jakes tries to make this like a work by Michener but he simply doesn't have the chops. North & South is pulp fiction but on a grander scale.

I watched this miniseries when it first aired in 1985. I loved it then and I love it now. The enduring friendship of Orry and George throughout the Civil War is the highlight of this series. I didn’t care for Book 3 but having the ability to watch Books 1 and 2 is worth every penny.

Swayze at his finest, amongest many other wonderful things that make this the best ever.

This version of North & South is not HD. I searched prior to purchase to see if this iTunes version was indeed HD. I found no answers except on blu-ray.com they indicated no release date for a Blu-ray version. I have the DVD box set in the original 4:3. So as a test I purchased the 1st episode from iTunes. I can confirm it is not HD and it has been cropped from the original 4:3 to 16:9. There is no improvement in video quality from the DVD version to the iTunes HD version. Apple is engaging in a little false advertising when they display the HD symbol next to the title. Please be truthful, how hard can it be? Still enjoy watching North and South, just don’t spend $39.99 and expect HD quality - you’ll only get a digitized SD version.

I adore this show. If ever I need to escape from this world for a spell, I can always count on Orry and his friends leaf the way. They just don’t make them like this anymore..❤️❤️❤️

This is worth every penny.

American Civil War is one of the best stories ever

The 3rd book cost 2stars in my review. The acting was great in all three books. My problem is with the story itself. Whoever thought that the third book would've been a good week to continue the series should never write a book again.

Wish there was a 3.5 stars rating. There is some pretty decent history here. To start off I should separate the first two books from the last book. In short (IMHO) the 3rd book Sucked, was corney derivative and trivial when compared to the first 2 books which represent the first 12 episodes. There is some very good acting here, there is also some truly dreadful acting. I could see who was going to do what formulaic bad thing to whom a good half of an hour before it would happen. I just really feel the writers didn't turn in their "A" work on this one. I like historical dramas and as I said this series did have its moments which is where my rating comes from, but if judged strictly from a story, acting and directing viewpoint? It would come in much lower I'm afraid, and I hate that, I Really wanted to like this, it doesn't help that I'm writing the review after just having finished the 3rd series which, as I said, was a real stinker. On an up note, I had forgotten how truly stunning Leslie-Anne Down is/was.