i be 13 when this mini series ( and it sequel north and south and book ii ) first air . i have already be captivate by the personal interest story in or around our american civil war and which be what interested me in watch this make for tv program . i love it . and now i be 29 year old and i only love it more . it be full of history and beautiful costuming and real life character weave in and out of the life of fictional character and all of whom you come to care deeply about . there be intrigue and love and loyalty and betrayal and family and extend family and lust and battle and victory and defeat and reconstruction . even though i have the full set of episode on tape i record back when it originally air and i purchase the full set of both n and s and n and s ii from columbia house some year ago when they become available . once every few year i will take a whole weekend and watch all the installment back to back and be sad when the last episode roll to an end and because i find myself want to continue watch the story of the life of these character . i can not recommend this mini series more highly .