Emma Marriott`s The World of Poldark explores the characters, the compelling stories & the era that Winston Graham
- & the television series
- set out to recreate, the England that Ross Poldark returned to from the American War of Independence. Engl&, & especially Cornwall, was then marked by social unrest & a deep division between rich & poor. It was a place of tin mines & shipwrecks, of new money versus old, of harsh justice & great kindness. &, above all, it was a place that inspired Winston Graham`s beloved novels. Amid the turmoil of eighteenth-century Cornwall, Ross comes back to a home in ruins, his father dead & his childhood sweetheart engaged to another
- his own heart as battered as the country around him. Experience the great houses & the glorious landscapes & follow the cast of characters as their stories play out against the backdrop of Cornwall`s wild beauty, through interviews with the actors, behind the scenes insights & in-depth information on costumes, props & locations. Packed full of behind the scenes photographs, The World of Poldark is the ultimate guide to the popular series.