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Title: Bella Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall 1818-1820 (Poldark (Paperback)) by Winston Graham ISBN: 0-330-49149-0 Publisher: Pan Books - Macmillan UK Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Winston Graham, Thank You for a Wonderful Series
Comment: In this novel, the lives of the Poldark Family come full circle. As the title suggests, the novel is centered on the youngest daughter, Bella, who has her heart set on becoming an operatic singer.
As in all the preceding 11 novels of the series, Graham brings to life here the feelings and sensibilities of early 19th century Cornwall, and by extension, England and Europe in the immediate post-Napoleonic era. The characters are well-drawn and you find yourself, as you read this novel, wanting to know how they'll fare at journey's end.
While I enjoyed this novel, and the other 3 novels of the series I have read (I'm now reading "ROSS POLDARK", the first of the series), I felt sad to know that this is the last of the series. (As some of you may already know, Winston Graham passed away at the age of 93 this past July.)
Next to James Clavell, Graham has been able to create characters in the Poldark Series - Ross & Demelza & their children, George Warleggan, Valentine Warleggan, Verity, Geoffrey-Charles, Cuby - who could take on the lives of REAL PEOPLE. Love or hate them, you could never be indifferent about these people while reading any of the Poldark novels.
Rating: 5
Summary: I can't believe it's all over!
Comment: No more Ross and worse, no more Demelza. No more feud with the Warleggans. Although Graham easily has material for a whole new generation of Poldarks, apparently this is the last one. Fortunately, there's a ton of Poldark books to go back and start reading again. I can't wait.
There's such a true sense of place in this series; Cornwall in the 17th/18th century is alive and so appealing. The characters are appealing, even as they appall, like Ross's enemy George Warleggan.
The PBS series was grand too, but the books are better. Such a diverting relief from too much war TV.
If you like the very different novels of Daphne du Maurier or, even more distinctly, the veterinary tales of James Herriot in Yorkshire, you'll find something to like here.
Rating: 3
Summary: WHY do I read the sequels to the first eight Poldarks?
Comment: ...I have always been disapointed in them. Yes, it's interesting to know "what happened" to Ross, Demelza et al. but I still feel, having read this and every sequel since "The Angry Tide", that Graham should have ended the series with "Angry Tide". This one, in general, is better than the prior 3 sequels (Stranger from the Sea, The Miller's Dance and I can't remember the other title). I think Valentine's story held my interest the most. But as for the rest of the plot(s)of this book, (I felt) why bother? And why have Bella have an affair with Maurice when he doesn't turn out to be a serious contender for her love?
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Title: The Twisted Sword (Poldark Saga) by Winston Graham ISBN: 0330317490 Publisher: Pan Books - Macmillan UK Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: The Stranger from the Sea: Book 8 (Poldark Saga) by Winston Graham ISBN: 033034501X Publisher: Pan UK Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: The Miller's Dance: Book 9 (Poldark Saga) by Winston Graham ISBN: 0330345028 Publisher: Pan Books - Macmillan UK Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: The Loving Cup (Poldark Saga) by Winston Graham ISBN: 0330345036 Publisher: Pan Books - Macmillan UK Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: The Angry Tide (Poldark Saga) by Winston Graham ISBN: 0330345001 Publisher: Pan Books - Macmillan UK Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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