The Poldark Saga Series

This sweeping saga unfolds in Cornwall at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. It follows the fortunes of a former army officer returning from war, striving to restore his fortune and family honor amidst a rugged landscape and turbulent times. The series masterfully weaves together romance, social conflict, and personal drama, all set against a richly detailed historical backdrop. It offers an immersive glimpse into the complexities of human relationships and the struggle for survival in England.

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1
Ross Poldark
Winston Graham
455 pages
16 hours of reading
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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 homean act which alters the whole course of his life.
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Demelza
Winston Graham
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Demelza, the miner's daughter that Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. Demelza's efforts to adapt to the ways of the gentry bring her confusion and heartache, despite the joy in the birth of their first child. Additionally the seeds of dispute with Warleggan are sown.
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Jeremy Poldark : a novel of Cornwall, 1790-1791
Winston Graham
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Cornwall, 1790. Ross Poldark faces the darkest hour of his life. Accused of wrecking two ships, he is to stand trial at the Bodmin Assizes. Despite their stormy married life, Demelza has tried to rally support for her husband. But there are enemies in plenty who would be happy to see Ross convicted, not least George Warleggan, the powerful banker, whose personal rivalry with Ross grows ever more intense.
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Warleggan
Winston Graham
346 pages
13 hours of reading
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Cornwall, 1792-1793. Ross Poldark plunges into a speculative mining venture which threatens his financial security and his stormy marriage to Demelza. When the old attraction between Ross and Elizabeth begins to rekindle itself, Demelza retaliates by becoming dangerously involved with a Scottish cavalry officer.
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The Black Moon
Winston Graham
576 pages
21 hours of reading
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The fifth book in Winston Graham's sweeping Cornish saga, Poldark.Cornwall 1794. The birth of a son to Elizabeth and George Warleggan serves only to accentuate the rift between the Poldark and Warleggan families. And when Morwenna Chynoweth, now governess to Elizabeth's eldest son, grows to love Drake Carne, Demelza's brother, the enduring rivalry between George and Ross finds a new focus for bitter enmity and conflict.
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The Four Swans
Winston Graham
443 pages
16 hours of reading
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The sixth book in the legendary Poldark saga. 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 wide Demelza. All four women -- the four swans -- whose lives touch Ross's face a crisis in these years. For his wife Demelza, his old love Elizabeth, for his friend's new wife Caroline, and for the unhappy Morwenna Chynoweth.
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Poldark - The Angry Tide
Winston Graham
640 pages
23 hours of reading
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The Angry Tide is the seventh novel in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner.Cornwall, towards the end of the 18th century. Ross Poldark sits for the borough of Truro as Member of Parliament - 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. Before the new century dawns, George and Ross will be drawn together by a loss greater than their rivalry - and Morwenna and Drake by a tragedy that brings them hope . . .The Angry Tide is followed by the eighth book in the Poldark series, The Stranger From The Sea.
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The Stranger from the Sea
Winston Graham
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Cornwall, 1810-1811 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. This novel is set in early 19th-century Cornwall.
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PRZYBYSZ Z MORZA DZIEDZICTWO RODU POLDARKÓW TOM 8
Winston Graham
512 pages
18 hours of reading
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To ósma powieść osadzonej w malowniczej Kornwalii sagi rodu Poldarków. Kornwalia, rok 1810. Rodzina Poldarków oczekuje powrotu Rossa z armii Wellingtona walczącej w Portugalii. Kiedy Jeremy ratuje przybysza z morza, ich uporządkowane życie ogarnia chaos. Przybycie Stephena Carringtona odmieni życie Poldarków. Zwłaszcza dla Clowence i Jeremy’ego, dorosłych już dzieci Rossa i Demelzy, wydarzenie to stanie się kluczem do nowego świata – pełnego miłości, ale i niebezpieczeństw.
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Miller's Dance
Winston Graham
416 pages
15 hours of reading
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Cornwall, 1812-1813 At Nampara, the Poldark family finds that the new year brings involvement in unexpected ventures. For Ross and Demelza there is some surprising—and worrying—news. And Clowance, newly returned from London, finds that her entanglement with Stephen Carrington brings both joy and heartache.
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The Loving Cup
Winston Graham
592 pages
21 hours of reading
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A silver cup lies half-forgotten in a dank cave amongst a pile of stolen goods. Yet the tiny vessel and its inscription--"Amor gignit amorem"--haunts the lives of the feuding Poldark and Warleggan families, as Ross, Demelza, and the ambitious and powerful Sir George Warleggan watch their children make the decisions that will shape their destinies. For Jeremy and Clowance, and for arrogant, cynical Valentine Warleggan, these are troubled and momentous times.
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The Twisted Sword
Winston Graham
656 pages
23 hours of reading
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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, distrust and danger to the Poldarks... and always for Demelza, there is the shadow of the secret she does not even share with Ross.
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Bella Poldark
Winston Graham
554 pages
20 hours of reading
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Cornwall, 1818-1820The stories of the Poldark family—Ross, the strong, independent squire and his beautiful, outspoken wife Demelza; their son Jeremy; their talented, headstrong daughter Bella; and their long-standing feud with humorless landowner Sir George Warleggan—have sold millions of copies, and in the 1970s were made into the most widely watched TV series of the decade. Now, the twelfth and final novel brings the family story to a close—with Bella taking center stage, moving between her home at Nampara on the rugged Cornish coast and the wildly exciting world of the theater in London and Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

Poldark 1-6
Winston Graham
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Poldark is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham, published from 1945 to 1953 and continued from 1973 to 2002.[1] The first novel, Ross Poldark, was named for the protagonist of the series. The novel series was adapted twice for television by the BBC, firstly in 1975 and later in 2015. The series comprises 12 novels: the first seven are set in the 18th century, concluding in Christmas 1799; the remaining five are concerned with the early years of the 19th century and the lives of the descendants of the previous novels' main characters. Graham wrote the first four Poldark books during the 1940s and 1950s. Following a long hiatus, he decided to resume the series and published The Black Moon in 1973. Provided by Wikipedia