The Resource Ross Poldark : A novel of Cornwall 1783 - 1787, Winston Graham
Ross Poldark : A novel of Cornwall 1783 - 1787, Winston Graham
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The item Ross Poldark : A novel of Cornwall 1783 - 1787, Winston Graham represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
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- Summary
- 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"
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 368 p.
- Note
- Originally published in: 1945
- Isbn
- 9780330463294
- Label
- Ross Poldark : A novel of Cornwall 1783 - 1787
- Title
- Ross Poldark
- Title remainder
- A novel of Cornwall 1783 - 1787
- Statement of responsibility
- Winston Graham
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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"
- Biographical or historical data
- Winston Graham is the author of more than forty novels, which include Cordelia, Marnie, The Walking Stick and Stephanie as well as the highly successful Poldark series. His novels have been translated into seventeen languages and six have been filmed. Six of Winston Graham's books have been filmed for the big screen, the most notable being Marnie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Two television series were made of the Poldark novels which were broadcast in twenty-two countries. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 1983 was awarded the OBE. He died in July 2003.
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Graham, Winston
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 16
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poldark, Ross (Fictitious character)
- Veterans
- Saga
- Cornwall (England : County)
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- Ross Poldark : A novel of Cornwall 1783 - 1787, Winston Graham
- Note
- Originally published in: 1945
- Control code
- 9780330463294
- Dimensions
- 20x13 cm.
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 368 p.
- Isbn
- 9780330463294
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- Ross Poldark : A novel of Cornwall 1783 - 1787, Winston Graham
- Note
- Originally published in: 1945
- Control code
- 9780330463294
- Dimensions
- 20x13 cm.
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 368 p.
- Isbn
- 9780330463294
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
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