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