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Ross Poldark : a novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787 / Winston Graham.

By: Series: Poldark. 1 | Graham, Winston. Poldark series ; Publication details: London : Pan Books, 2015.Description: 471 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781447281528 (paperback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.912 23
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: 1st in Series - Historical Fiction
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction - Historical GRA Poldark Bk.1 Available 064841
Total reserves: 0

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Originally published: London: Werner Laurie, 1945.

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.

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