The twisted sword : a novel of Cornwall, 1815

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Title:

The twisted sword : a novel of Cornwall, 1815

Author:

Graham, Winston, author.

Series:

Poldark ;

Series Number:

11.

Summary:

The eleventh novel in the legendary Poldark saga Cornwall, 1815: Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic contentment she has fought so hard to achieve. For Ross has little option but to accept the summons - and travel to Paris with his family, as an "observer" of the French armed forces. Parisian life begins well with an exhilarating round of balls and parties. But the return of Napoleon brings separation, distrust and danger to the Poldarks ... and always for Demelza, there is the shadow of the secret she does not even share with Ross.

General Note:

Originally published: London : Chapmans, 1990.

Physical Description:

645 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Subject Term:

Poldark, Ross (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction.

Upper class families -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Cornwall (England : County) -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Pan Books,

Publication Date:

2008

1990

ISBN:

9780330463393

Publication Information:

London : Pan Books, 2008.

Call Number:

GRAHAM

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Cornwall 1815. Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic contentment she has fought so hard to achieve. For Ross has little option but to accept the summons - and travel to Paris with his family, as an 'observer' of the French armed forces. Parisian life begins well with an exhilarating round of balls and parties. But the return of Napoleon brings separation, distrust and danger to the Poldarks . . . and always for Demelza there is the shadow of the secret she does not even share with Ross. 'From the incomparable Winston Graham... who has everything that anyone else has, then a whole lot more' Guardian

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 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