Ross Poldark :POLDARK
by Winston Graham
Book Summary Information
Author: Winston GrahamEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 1978
ISBN: 0006140823
Publisher: Collins
Book Reviews of Ross Poldark :POLDARK
Book Review: Ross Poldark - A Novel of Cornwall by Winston Graham
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first novel written in 1944 (I think) of what turned out to be a very successful series set in Cornwall from about 1770 to 1815, with the last book in the series published in 2002. It's very easily readable and constantly absorbing, incorporating the social and political situation of the times, starting with the end of the American War of Independence and then moving through events such as the French Revolution, the Napoleonic period, the start of the Industrial Revolution - including also the advent of the steam age.
An excellent TV series was made of the first eight or nine books and this was one of the most successful of all TV 'costume dramas' with Series One in 1975 and Series Two in 1978.
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