Product Description

Cornwall in the 1780s - when powerful forces of revolution and reaction are at large in the world.

Tired from a grim war in America, Ross Poldark returns to his land and his family. But the joyful homecoming he has anticipated turns sour, for his father is dead, his estate is derelict and the girl he loves is engaged to his cousin.

But his sympathy for the destitute miners and farmers of the district leads him to rescue a half-starved urchin girl from a fairground brawl and take her home - an act which alters the whole course of his life...

'From the incomparable Winston Graham... who has everything that anyone else has, then a whole lot more' Guardian

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43613 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 9999 pages

About the Author

Winston Graham is the author of more than forty novels, which include Cordelia, Marnie, The Walking Stick and Stephanie as well as the highly successful Poldark series. His novels have been translated into seventeen languages and six have been filmed. Six of Winston Graham's books have been filmed for the big screen, the most notable being Marnie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Two television series were made of the Poldark novels which were broadcast in twenty-two countries. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 1983 was awarded the OBE. He died in July 2003.

Customer Reviews

READS LIKE A FINE WINE - A FLAVOR TO BE SAVORED
Here we become acquainted with Ross Poldark and the life, society, and natural beauty of Cornwall.

Ross returns from America in 1783, world-weary, seeking the security of home and hearth to recoup his spirit. For a time, he is emotionally adrift as he goes about the business of making needed improvements to the family estate and opening a mine.

Through Winston Graham's writing, you become fully immersed in the lives of Ross, his relations, and friends.

Like a fine wine, the story gets better in the telling. Highly recommended.

Poldark
The first book of the Poldark family saga. Set in Cornwall, Ross returns from fighting in the American civil war to find his father dead, his estate derelict, and his first Love Elizabeth engaged to his cousin Francis. Against a backdrop of mining villages, conflict and the beautiful cornish landscape this book sweeps you along like the tide and leaves you eager to read the second installment, Demelza.

Poldark The First
Sets the opening tone and plot beginnings for the series that follows, but stands easily in its own right - a self-contained encapsulation of the mood, social structure, and economic drivers of Cornwall in the late 18th-Century, all interpreted through the attractive main characters. These are real people, with thoughts and opinions that are both oddly modern and absolutely of their time. Winston Graham's writing is understated and consequently all the more powerful; his humour catches you on the back of the knees before you've noticed. If you want to know what real life was like in the Georgian era, read this.