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History influenced Ross Poldark
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
- Georgian England
- Cornish tin mining
The evidence
Winston Graham set the novel in Cornwall in the 1780s after the American War of Independence, among the tin mines, smuggling and poverty of the county he lived in.
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