
Ross Poldark is the first novel in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner Tired from a grim war in America Ross Poldark returns to his land & his family But the joyful homecoming he has anticipated turns sour for his father is dead his estate is derelict & the girl he loves is engaged to his cousin But his sympathy for the destitute miners & farmers of the district leads him to rescue a half-starved urchin girl from a fairground brawl & take her home
- an act which alters the whole course of his life Ross Poldark is followed by Demelza the second novel in this evocative series set in 18th century Cornwall