All of this makes for a great reading, the kind of drama that you would find in a soap opera. There is discord within the family when kindhearted Verity falls for a man with a murky past. Ross also interacts very differently with Demelza. The relationships in the story are also very complex, and Ross is feeling conflicted over his true feelings for his lost love, Elizabeth. The words used by the author transports you to another world, and you find yourself almost feeling the spray of the sea on your face as you read the author’s description of one of the scenes.

The Cornish land is well described by the author, and he also does an excellent job of bringing the people to life. His cousin Verity offers moral support while a feisty urchin called Demelza now works in the kitchen after being rescued from a brawl in the street. Along the way, several characters provide him with much-needed support, and they also prove to be a highly entertaining lot.įirst of all we have Prudie and Jud, the hilariously lazy and vulgar couple who work as caretakers of Poldark’s estate.

But Ross being the strong man that he is discovers a new purpose, and he goes about restoring his family’s empire and providing advice to tenants living on his property. He is heartbroken and decides to immerse himself in the work of restoring his property as well as the family’s mining business.Īs one can imagine, the family gatherings in which Ross has to sit down for a meal and exchange some polite talk with the cousin and his lost love proves to be awkward and excruciating. To make matters worse, the girl that he loves was now engaged to marry his cousin.

However, the joyous homecoming that he was anticipating turns sour, and he finds that his father had died and his estate had crumbled. The first book in the Poldark series is titled ‘Ross Poldark’ and it introduces the reader to Ross Poldark, a war hero who is tired from a grim war in America and returns to his land and family. He has written over forty books and he is most famous for the Poldark series, which was so successful that it was turned into a television series. ‘The Walking Stick’ is a 1970 film based on his novel, and ‘Marnie’, ‘Take my Life’ and ‘Night Without Stars’ are other movies based on his books. He was blessed with a wife and two children, and some of his books have been turned into movies. He was born in 1930 in Victoria Park, Manchester, United Kingdom and he died in 2003 in London. Winston Graham was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall.

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