Poldark by Winston Graham: Books 1-12 Complete Collection – Fiction – Paperback

Many fans mourned the ending of the BBC Poldark series in 2019. The hit show starring Aidan Turner adapted the books with great success and critical acclaim. However, thats not the end of the Poldark story. The Poldark Complete Series 12 Books Collection by Winston Graham gives you the original version. The first seven follow Ross Poldarks life between the ages of 23 and 40, and the last five pick up again between 50 and 60.

A young British Army officer returning home to Cornwall after the American War of Independence, Poldark finds his fiancee about to marry his cousin, having thought him dead. Now, he has to reopen a derelict copper mine to restore his fortune. The series follows Poldark and the emotional tumult of the people around him, set against the dramatic Cornish landscapes, in the seven books adapted for TV.

The series then picks up nine years later with The Stranger from the Sea. Now 50 years old, Poldark returns from a mission to assist Wellingtons army in Portugal. His son Jeremy, now nearly twenty, rescues a man from the sea. Stephen Carrington’s arrival changes all of their lives, particularly that of Poldarks daughter Clowance. The series concludes with the twelfth book Bella Poldark, the youngest daughter, Winston Grahams final novel before his death in 2003 at the age of 95. Of all his works, Graham considered the Poldark series to be closest to his heart, and the complete collection makes a wonderful gift.

Titles in This Set

• Ross Poldark
• Jeremy Poldark
• The Black Moon
• The Four Swans
• The Angry Tide
• The Stranger From The Sea
• The Miller’s Dance
• Bella Poldark
• The Twisted Sword
• The Loving Cup

From the publisher

Ross Poldark

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 home – an act which alters the whole course of his life… ‘From the incomparable Winston Graham… who has everything that anyone else has, then a whole lot more’ Guardian

Jeremy Poldark

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. From the incomparable Winston Graham.. who has everything that anyone else has, then a whole lot more. Guardian

Demelza

Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner’s daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But in 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 the 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

Warleggan

Cornwall 1792. 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.

The Black Moon

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

The Four Swans

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. 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 these are times of stress and conflict.

The Angry Tide

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. 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…’ From the incomparable Winston Graham…who has everything that anyone else has, then a whole lot more’ – “Guardian

The Stranger From The Sea

Cornwall 1810. 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 The 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

The Miller’s Dance

Cornwall 1812. At Nampara, the Poldark family finds the new year brings involvement in more than one unexpected venture. For Ross and Demelza there is some surprising – and worrying – news. And Clowance, newly returned from her London triumphs, finds that her entanglement with Stephen Carrington brings not only happiness but heartache. As the armies battle in Spain, and the political situation at home becomes daily more obscure, the Poldark and Warleggan families find themselves thrust into a turbulent new era as complex and changing as the patterns of The Miller’s Dance…

Bella Poldark

Bella Poldark is the twelfth and final novel in Winston Graham’s sweeping series of Cornwall, Poldark. Cornwall 1818. We continue the tale of Ross and Demelza; of the wayward Valentine Warleggan, whose existence keeps open the old wounds of the feud between Ross and George; of Bella, the Poldark’s youngest daughter, whose precocious talent as a singer is encouraged by her old flame, Christopher Havergal, and by a distinguished French conductor, who has more in mind than Bella’s music; of Clowance, the Poldark’s widowed daughter, who considers remarriage to one of two rival suitors; and of a murderer who stalks the villages of west Cornwall. From the very first lines, we tingle with the sense that we are in good hands, transported by Graham’s atmospheric prose back to 1818 and the treacherous coast of craggy Cornwall’ Daily Mail

The Twisted Sword

The Twisted Sword is the eleventh novel in Winston Graham’s sweeping series of Cornwall, Poldark. 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

The Loving Cup

The Loving Cup is the tenth novel in Winston Graham’s sweeping series of Cornwall, Poldark. Cornwall 1813. 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 still-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. In the closing years of the wars against Napoleon, for Jeremy and Clowance, and for arrogant, cynical Valentine Warleggan, these are troubled and momentous times…