Poldark family novels
Author
1) Ross Poldark
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tired from a 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. But his sympathy for the destitute farmers of the district leads him to rescue an urchin girl and take her home -- an act which alters the whole course of his life.
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Demelza Carne, the miner's daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But the events of these turbulent years will test their marriage and their love. Ross begins a bitter struggle for the rights of the mining communities -- and sows the seeds of an enduring enmity with powerful George Warleggan.
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ross Poldark faces the darkest hour of his life in this third novel of the Poldark series. Reeling from the tragic death of a loved one, Captain Poldark vents his grief by inciting impoverished locals to salvage the contents of a ship run aground in a storm-an act for which British law proscribes death by hanging. Ross is brought to trial for his involvement, and despite their stormy marriage, Demelza tries to rally support for her husband, to save...
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 4
Publisher
Pan
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Ross plunges into a highly speculative mining venture which threatens not only his family's financial security but also his turbulent marriage to Demelza. When Ross and Elizabeth's old attraction rekindles itself, Demelza retaliates by becoming dangerously involved with a handsome Scottish cavalry officer. With bankruptcy an increasingly real possibility, the Poldarks seem to be facing disaster on all fronts.
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 5
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1974, c1973]
Language
English
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 6
Publisher
Pan
Pub. Date
2008, ©1976.
Language
English
Description
Cornwall 1795 -1799. Although Ross Poldark, now something of a war hero, seems secure in his hard-won prosperity, a new dilemma faces him in the sudden infatuation of a young naval officer for his wife, Demelza. For his wife, his old love Elizabeth, for his friend's wife Caroline and for Morwenna Chynoweth these are times of stress and conflict.
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 7
Publisher
Pan
Pub. Date
2008, c1977
Language
English
Description
Cornwall, towards the end of the 18th century. Ross Poldark sits for the borough of Truro as Member of Parliment - his time divided between London and Cornwall, his heart divided about his wife, Demelza. His old feud with George Warleggan still flares - as does the illicit love between Morwenna and Drake, Demelza's brother.
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 8
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The Poldark family awaits the return of Ross from his mission to Wellington's army in Portugal. But their ordered existence ends with Jeremy Poldark's dramatic rescue of a stranger from the sea. Stephen Carrington's arrival in the Poldark household changes all their lives. For Clowance and Jeremy in particular, the children of Ross and Demelza, Stephen's advent is the key to a new world-- one of both love and danger.
9)
The miller's dance: a novel of Cornwall, 1812-1813 , Poldark family novels volume 9
Author
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 10
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1985, c1984
Language
English
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 11
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The eleventh novel in the legendary Poldark saga Cornwall, 1815: Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic contentment she has fought so hard to achieve. For Ross has little option but to accept the summons - and travel to Paris with his family, as an "observer" of the French armed forces. Parisian life begins well with an exhilarating round of balls and parties. But the return of Napoleon brings separation,...
Author
Series
Poldark family novels volume 12
Publisher
Pan
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Valentine Warleggan's paternity still poisons the atmosphere, and his financial and marital troubles form a major narrative strand set firmly against the saga's familiar background of Cornwall. Meanwhile, Bella Poldark's desire for a musical career takes her to stages in London and France, where she is involved with rival suitors. Her widowed older sister, Clowance, must also choose between two men of vastly different backgrounds who propose marriage....