Demelza: A Novel Of Cornwall, 1788 1790 (#2 Poldark)

Author: Winston Graham

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  • : $19.99 AUD
  • : 9781447281535
  • : Pan Macmillan
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  • : 0.381
  • : August 2014
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : February 2015
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  • : Poldark Ser.
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
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  • : English
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Description

Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner's daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But the events of these turbulent years test their marriage and their love.Demelza's efforts to adapt to the ways of the gentry - and her husband - bring her confusion and heartache, despite her joy in the birth of their first child. Ross begins a bitter struggle for the rights of the mining communities - and sows the seed of an enduring enmity with powerful George Warleggan."From the incomparable Winston Graham... who has everything that anyone else has, then a whole lot more" Guardian

Promotion info

A reissue of the second book in the legendary Poldark series, to tie in with the new BBC series

Reviews

Ross is one of literature's great heroes . . . [with] elements of Darcy, Heathcliff, Rhett Butler and Robin Hood -- Debbie Horsfield From the incomparable Winston Graham . . . who has everything that anyone else has, then a whole lot more. * Guardian *

Author description

Winston Graham was the author of more than forty novels, including The Walking Stick, Angell, Pearl and Little God, Stephanie and Tremor. His novels have been widely translated and his famous Poldark series has been developed into two television series shown in twenty-two countries. Six of Winston Graham's books have been filmed for the big screen, the most notable being Marnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 1983 was awarded the OBE. He died in July 2003.