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Ross Poldark

by Winston Graham

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Poldark

TV Series · 2015

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The series adapts Winston Graham's Poldark novels, beginning with Ross Poldark: a soldier returns from the American war to Cornwall to find his father dead, his estate ruined and his love engaged to his cousin.

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  • Georgian England
  • Cornish tin mining

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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Ross Poldark

Set in the The Poldark Saga universe.

Ross Poldark returns to Cornwall from war, looking forward to a joyful homecoming with his family and his beloved Elizabeth. But instead, he discovers that his father has died, his home is overrun by livestock and drunken servants, and Elizabeth, having believed Ross dead, is now engaged to his cousin. Ross must start over, building a completely new path for his life, one that takes him in exciting and unexpected directions.... Ross Poldark is the first of twelve novels in Poldark, a series of historical novels by Winston Graham. It was published in 1945. The novel has twice been adapted for television, first in 1975 and then again in 2015. Sales of the novel increased by 205% after the premiere of the 2015 television adaptation.

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