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The loving cup a novel of Cornwall, 1813-1815

The tenth book in the legendary Poldark saga Cornwall, 1813: A silver cup lies half-forgotten in a dank cave, amongst a pile of stolen goods. Yet the tiny vessel and its inscription haunts the lives of the still-feuding Poldark and Warleggan families, as Ross, Demelza and the ambitious and powerful...

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Main Author: Graham, Winston (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: London : Pan, 2008, ©1984.
Series: Poldark ; #10
Poldark ; bk. 10.
Subjects:
Poldark, Ross (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Fiction.
Upper class families > England > Fiction.
Cornwall (England : County) > Fiction.
Cornwall (England : County) > History > Fiction.
Historical fiction > England.
Summary: The tenth book in the legendary Poldark saga Cornwall, 1813: A silver cup lies half-forgotten in a dank cave, amongst a pile of stolen goods. Yet the tiny vessel and its inscription haunts the lives of the still-feuding Poldark and Warleggan families, as Ross, Demelza and the ambitious and powerful Sir George Warleggan watch their children make the decisions that will shape their destinies. In the closing years of the wars against Napoleon, for Jeremy and Clowance, and for arrogant, cynical Valentine Warleggan, these are troubled and momentous times.
Item Description: Originally published by William Collins, 1984.
2015 softcover edition is a tie-in to the BBC programme.
Physical Description: 580 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9780330463362
0330463365
Author Notes: 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. Many 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.

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