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Jeremy Poldark Book 1 - Episode 1 _________________________How much of Book 1 of Jeremy Poldark will be covered?Where do you see the most dramatic part for the break between Episode 1 and Episode 2?In the previous series each Episode ended with Ross and Demelza together. Will this series be the s...

I propose that we start a new book club dealing with the two novels, that the next TV Series will be covering, Jeremy and Warleggan. I have notice that Ross Poldark has been divided by chapters and sticky notes. I am not sure if you would like to do it this way or should we discuss each "book" in the novels...

What we've all been waiting for I think ! Apparently this colour version (link below) is available now, the cheaper standard book all being well sometime in April.

_______________________Making PoldarkPublication Date: March 13, 2012 This is the color-enhanced collector's edition... 

I have managed to upload the whole cult of poldark documentary to youtube so if you havent seen it , its certainly worth a look! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g83FJkqAxSY

Poldark Original Radio Times article - 4th - 10th October 1975 With Grateful acknowledgements (Moved, see second post above.) -- Edited by Ross Poldark on Friday 21st of May 2010 10:04:16 PM

Poldark TV Locations & "Maps" Poldark TV locations http://web.archive.org/web/20070923045537/www.poldark.org.uk/cornwall.html Poldark "maps" http://web.archive.org/web/20070923045745/www.poldark.org.uk/maps.html Enjoy Ross

For those who have region free DVD players, the first 2 series are now available from Australia in an uncut PAL version, quality is excellent. -- Edited by Ross Poldark at 19:56, 2007-01-08

Hello there, I run a small VHS to DVD conversion service and was contacted today by a member of this forum. He suggested that you are having problems getting the 1990's UK (PAL) VHS versions of Poldark in the US and wanted to know whether it is possible to transfer them to US (NTS...

I've read the first eight Poldark books as unabridged audio tapes. I now have the eleventh - The Twisted Sword - but don't seem able to find the intervening two, ie The Miller's Dance and The Loving Cup. Is anyone else out there an avid reader/listener of audio books, and if so, do you know if these two t...

I dont know if this is the correct place to post this BUT I wanted to let all the Aussie fans know that Poldark is now available on DVD here. I bought mine at the ABC Shop in Melbourne city store yesterday, they are $51 approx per set. Set 1 has 4 discs and set 2 has 3. It covers books 1-7 which are the best ones IM...

I've just finished reading the 12 books in the Poldark saga and would dearly love to watch the old BBC miniseries but it doesn't seem to be available in the US (at least not on DVD). The DVDs have been released in the UK; does anyone know if there are plans to release them here? Thanks. west...

I have just watched the whole of the BBC series followed by the one-off video from the later ITV attempt. I didn't remember too much about the ITV one before I watched it. I thought that the script was poor and the casting of Ross and George Warleggan not too good either. At the end I was left with the impres...

When series I was shown on TV in the late 1980s I videoed it. In the 90s having bought the VHS video cassettes I noticed that various scenes had been edited. Unfortunatley I didn't retain my off air recordings for comparison. When the DVD's were issued I bought these hoping that the missing s...

Here's a new topic to start the year off. We've skirted it before but I don't think this specific question has been addressed. When Demelza is spending time with Verity in TAT, her thoughts turn to Hugh Armitage and we are told the following. Sometimes Demelza took out Hugh Armitage's poems and read t...

Now that Advent calendars are being opened and the countdown has begun, I thought we should discuss something seasonal. Which of the many Christmas celebrations throughout the novels do you think Ross most enjoyed? What about Demelza? Did she enjoy her best Christmas the same year as Ross? Whi...

Thank you Stella Poldark and Mrs. Gimlett for encouraging me to continue with the books after I finished T.A.T. I would have missed some wonderful writing and stories.The Miller's Dance I believe is Graham's finest writing so far. His writing in this book assumes a lyrical feel to it. Graham's many d...

While chasing a reference about dance in another series, it occurred to me that WG includes dance scenes in all the books. He even named his 9th book for the popular Miller's Dance. In RP, at the Truro ball, Ruth Teague is forever smitten when Ross chooses her for his dance partner. He actually finds him...

How many boxes on the list below do you think Ross ticks? (1) the dread of death or of the failure of his projects; (2) the "shipwreck" upon insurmountable "limit situations" (death, the struggle and suffering inherent in every form of life, the situation in which everyone daily finds himself);...

I have said this before, but I find it fascinating how WG makes use of biblical language and references in the story. I suspect there is more than one reason behind it: 1. Historical: back in the day the religious side of life was likely more prominent - or at least, more publicly present than nowadays - s...

To first build up a list of owners and their household pets, copying/ pasting new entries into 7 below and so on until no-one can think of any more. Then finally to discuss them.... 1. Caroline and her pug. 2. Demelza and Garrick. 3. Music Thomas and cats 4. Valentine and Butto 5. Lady Harriet and boarhou...

One of the oddest pets must surely have been Philbert, the galago, which belonged to Lady Harriet. I'm guessing it was a bushbaby or something very similar. I wonder what it was fed on? Since dogs were given lots of sweetmeats and food we would nowadays reserve only for humans, it is surprising Phil...

I detect a discrepancy in the back story that Ross and Demelza give for Ross's mission to fetch Bella from Rouen. The following bit is from the first conversation between Bella and Ross in Rouen: Bella: You said that Mama had sent you on a mission. Darling Papa, have you come to see me on a mission? Ross: Y...

Whilst fan fiction has no part in this Society, I was on a long distance drive through Cornwall recently and was prompted into thoughts of Poldark by the villages I was passing through. At St Allen, where Grace 'came from', I began to wonder what kind of a child Ross was. He was born to a couple deeply in...

In such an enormous work, if you think of the novels as continuous (I think I once read there are over 3million words) there are inevitably one or two things that must annoy every reader. I suspect we all have different bits to relate. One thing I have noticed and ever since I first became aware of it, I wi...

Some of the exchanges between R&D are not only entertaining, they mirror the nature of their relationship over time.As a young man, Ross finds himself with two unexpected tasks. He has to restore Nampara and assume responsibility for a young servant girl. From the beginning, Demelza is hardwo...

Just finished watching a very good film about the Battle of Waterloo made in 1970 which I'd never seen before finding myself picking out quite a good Jeremy and Cuby at the ball, so wasn't too hard to imagine Ross somewhere in there during the battle scenes searching for Jeremy. Also some great actors o...

Clowance said: Mama, why do Jeremy and his friends go out fishing so much and never catch any fish? But they do, my handsome. We eat it regularly. But not enough. They go out after breakfast and come back for supper, and their haul is what you or I in a row-boat could cull in a couple of hours! They are not ver...

Thinking of the world's longest running radio programme "The Archers" which was first aired on 1st January 1951 and still running today, what would be the pros and cons of airing the Poldark books on radio....? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Archers

In my complete re-read, I have now reached The Stranger from the Sea. As usual, new things have struck me about this series I have read so many times and thought I knew so well. The first thing I noted and actually have done before is how petty and spiteful George still is. With all his wealth, success and...

I have decided that one of the things I love about the Poldark books is that WG seems to genuinely like the characters he's writing about (well, most of them, anyway). It is a bit jarring [not charring, sorry!], then, when every once in a while you come across a scene where one of the characters seems to be...

There is something that puzzles me in the storyline of Ross's duel with Monk Adderley: The TV series puts on it the interpretation that Ross was really trying to fight Hugh Armitage. The books hint in the same direction, although somewhat less explicitly. To me, however, this interpretation does no...

Demelza's love for port....an alcoholic?I have pulled from the first 6 Poldark books excerpts showing Demelza's desire for port. From the start of reading these six books, I noticed Demelza's desire for port. Then when I started pulling these excerpts' from the books I was made aware that Ross co...

Ross and Demelza's children, why only 5?

It is always a unique surprise to me that sometimes I am reading another book and something in that book will be cross-referenced to the Poldark books and films. I recently was watching Season 2 Episode 3. It is a scene where Elizabeth is receiving an invitation from George W. to soirée by a livery. Fran...

One of the things I like about the Poldark books is the way they weave the thoughts and theories of thinkers of the day into this sprawling story. We have a 19-year-old Caroline Penvenen spouting Malthus' since-disproven thoughts on populations and food supplies. We have Ross embracing some if not a...

Has anyone else been wondering how much sleep did the people in the Nampara household get? They are often said to wake up at or before dawn, but also quite often they stay up late and rarely ever seem to have a problem with that. So, how did they manage to keep it up? Perhaps they were making up their sleepin...

The recent discussion about vellows and Ross being caught in one of them in "The Angry Tide" got me thinking about the Poldarks' swimming skills more generally, and there is one question that bothers me: How come Demelza was so confident about going out fishing on her own in the dinghy in Jeremy Poldar...

Now that I have been called out on overthinking a certain event in the books, I wonder: Isn't this something that Ross himself would be likely to do (the overthinking, I mean)? Some bits of his internal monologue make it look like a valid possibility (most notably that in the evening of the blue dress, I...

New thread opened...."The Four Swans ending". Blackleburr wrote : "On TFS ending, I agree it is lovely. The appearance of Clowance does seem to shift the conversation - before, it feels that Ross and Demelza are mostly talking past each other, stuck in self-pity mode; and after, they start to actual...

Old & Modern English Phrases & Expressions....

Here is a question about a detail that was left out of the current tv adaptation. There is a passage in the scene at the end of "The Four Swans" when Demelza comes back from Killewarren, grieving the death of Hugh Armitage, where WG writes: "Demelza wiped her eyes again and gulped some of Ross's drink. Ro...

One of the reviews I've seen of an episode from Series 3 of Poldark was titled "Ross is the new Jesus" - and it struck me that there are several scenes in the books where Winston Graham makes a subtle use of this parallel himself: 1. In Jeremy Poldark, chapter 8, when Ross is about to invite Francis to partn...

Am I the only viewer who really dislikes Hugh Armitages manipulative behavior concerning Demelza?

Does anyone have any idea what Francis Basset meant by "artificial grass" in this sentence from Page 92 of "The Four Swans"? "I intend to try some experimental crops - turnips, cabbage, artificial grass - things not yet known in this part of the country, so that the farmers in the neighbourhood may se...

Are there any scenes in the Poldark books that suggest others that you wish WG had written? I have a few, but one stands way above all the others: This scene from "The Four Swans" has Demelza wondering what it is about her that gets men to treat her the way they do. She is seated beside an elderly general wh...

I recently recorded a film on the True Movies channel (who knew?) after being intrigued that it was titled Poldark. It turned out to be a 2 Hour long 1995 film version of The Stranger from the Sea starring some familiar faces from my much younger days in the main parts which I recognised but could never ha...

Happy St Pirin's Day!

While rereading the section of "Warleggan" that deals with Sir Hugh's birthday party, I just noticed something: Demelza doesn't actually tell Captain McNeil which bedroom she is using. Or am I missing something? ... But will you not fulfil the promise of your looks, my darling? Perhaps later. Lat...

I have been reading posts for so long on this forum and have always admired peoples in-depth knowledge of Winston Grahams 12 books about Ross Poldark and his family. I am a devoted fan of the original material and also love the audio books narrated mainly by Oliver Hemborough. Of course, the current TV...

Am I the only one who thought WG had to have invented the title "The History of Primrose Prettyface"? Nope. Portions of the book are even available online: http://hockliffe.dmu.ac.uk/items/0131pages.html?page=003 Alas, one thing that isn't there is the picture of the all-important angel....

Topic transferred....

Throughout the twelve books there must be hundreds of characters. We discuss the prominent ones almost endlessly. Which of the minor people most interest you? And why?

WG wrote millions of words. Are there any which irritate you? Do you find yourself wishing he had used a different word at certain times? Are you surprised by some of the writing? Sometimes, when I have been reading the books, I have thought how odd it is that WGs characters nearly always FUMBLE in...

The Treneglos family don't exactly loom large throughout the books, but are constantly in the background. We know that John fancied Demelza from the beginning and that Ruth was jealous because Ross didn't want her before she married. Looking through a book to find a reference the other day, I was str...

Nampara was begun by Joshua Poldark in 1765. By then Ross was 5 years old. Where did the family live before Nampara? I am tempted to think they were at Trenwith, but that I doubt. Charles was never close to Joshua, especially when he was getting up to his usual tricks of wenching and whatnot, although...

It has come to my notice that Jean Graham's book, about the food in Poldark, has been re-issued. This is an interesting little volume, full of Cornish recipes and local anecdotes. Jean considered herself a Cornishwoman, even though I believe she was born in Devon. (That's nearly abroad to a Corni...

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	STICKY: Ward Lock Book 4 - Warleggan (Preview)	Ross Poldark	1	693	Aug 29 10:52 AM, 2017 by Mrs Gimlett
	Discussions about Ward Lock Book 4 - Warleggan
	STICKY: Ward Lock Book 3 - Jeremy Poldark. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	2	701	Aug 30 3:46 PM, 2017 by Hollyhock
	Discussions about Ward Lock Book 3 - Jeremy Poldark.
	STICKY: Ward Lock Book 2 - Demelza (Preview)	Ross Poldark	2	738	Sep 7 10:39 AM, 2017 by Mrs Gimlett
	Discussions about Ward Lock Book 2 - Demelza
	STICKY: Ward Lock Book 1 - Ross Poldark. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	24	1669	Nov 7 1:46 PM, 2018 by Dark Mare
	Discussions about Ward Lock Book 1 - Ross Poldark.
	STICKY: Jeremy Poldark Book 1 - Episode 1 (Spoiler Alerts !!) (Preview)	Ross Poldark	1	1410	Nov 7 4:31 PM, 2015 by Stella Stanton
	Jeremy Poldark Book 1 - Episode 1 _________________________How much of Book 1 of Jeremy Poldark will be covered?Where do you see the most dramatic part for the break between Episode 1 and Episode 2?In the previous series each Episode ended with Ross and Demelza together. Will this series be the s...
	STICKY: Book Club for the TV episodes of Jeremy and Warleggan (Spoiler Alerts !) (Preview)	MrsMartin	6	3047	Oct 27 5:02 PM, 2015 by Ross Poldark
	I propose that we start a new book club dealing with the two novels, that the next TV Series will be covering, Jeremy and Warleggan. I have notice that Ross Poldark has been divided by chapters and sticky notes. I am not sure if you would like to do it this way or should we discuss each "book" in the novels...
	STICKY: "Making Poldark" by Robin Ellis 2012 (Preview)	Ross Poldark	6	3566	May 3 11:50 PM, 2012 by Sabrina
	What we've all been waiting for I think ! Apparently this colour version (link below) is available now, the cheaper standard book all being well sometime in April. _______________________Making PoldarkPublication Date: March 13, 2012 This is the color-enhanced collector's edition...
	STICKY: Cult of Poldark (merged with earlier thread) (Preview)	Char Nanfan	29	6514	Feb 6 11:44 PM, 2012 by new yawker
	I have managed to upload the whole cult of poldark documentary to youtube so if you havent seen it , its certainly worth a look! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g83FJkqAxSY
	STICKY: Original Poldark Radio Times article - 1975 (Preview)	Ross Poldark	5	3473	Jul 2 11:20 PM, 2009 by Amber
	Poldark Original Radio Times article - 4th - 10th October 1975 With Grateful acknowledgements (Moved, see second post above.) -- Edited by Ross Poldark on Friday 21st of May 2010 10:04:16 PM
	STICKY: Poldark TV Locations & "Maps" (Preview)	Ross Poldark	3	7304	Mar 11 5:38 PM, 2011 by Verity
	Poldark TV Locations & "Maps" Poldark TV locations http://web.archive.org/web/20070923045537/www.poldark.org.uk/cornwall.html Poldark "maps" http://web.archive.org/web/20070923045745/www.poldark.org.uk/maps.html Enjoy Ross
	STICKY: 2007 - Full Set Unedited, Region Free, Australian DVDs ! (Preview)	Ross Poldark	15	5220	Sep 29 4:25 AM, 2010 by Smollett
	For those who have region free DVD players, the first 2 series are now available from Australia in an uncut PAL version, quality is excellent. -- Edited by Ross Poldark at 19:56, 2007-01-08
	STICKY: Poldark VHS to DVD (Preview)	simon	3	7388	Dec 22 7:38 AM, 2006 by mairambija
	Hello there, I run a small VHS to DVD conversion service and was contacted today by a member of this forum. He suggested that you are having problems getting the 1990's UK (PAL) VHS versions of Poldark in the US and wanted to know whether it is possible to transfer them to US (NTS...
	STICKY: (From Hilary) Poldark audio books (Preview)	Ross Poldark	4	4648	Apr 3 6:08 PM, 2011 by Ross Poldark
	I've read the first eight Poldark books as unabridged audio tapes. I now have the eleventh - The Twisted Sword - but don't seem able to find the intervening two, ie The Miller's Dance and The Loving Cup. Is anyone else out there an avid reader/listener of audio books, and if so, do you know if these two t...
	STICKY: Poldark on DVD (Preview)	lynda	3	3801	May 30 7:35 AM, 2011 by Wally Greer
	I dont know if this is the correct place to post this BUT I wanted to let all the Aussie fans know that Poldark is now available on DVD here. I bought mine at the ABC Shop in Melbourne city store yesterday, they are $51 approx per set. Set 1 has 4 discs and set 2 has 3. It covers books 1-7 which are the best ones IM...
	STICKY: Poldark in the US (Preview)	westted	6	3889	Mar 28 2:52 PM, 2010 by bvvolfd
	I've just finished reading the 12 books in the Poldark saga and would dearly love to watch the old BBC miniseries but it doesn't seem to be available in the US (at least not on DVD). The DVDs have been released in the UK; does anyone know if there are plans to release them here? Thanks. west...
	STICKY: ITV Video (Preview)	melita2	2	3112	Mar 23 5:34 PM, 2010 by Chloe (was Bella)
	I have just watched the whole of the BBC series followed by the one-off video from the later ITV attempt. I didn't remember too much about the ITV one before I watched it. I thought that the script was poor and the casting of Ross and George Warleggan not too good either. At the end I was left with the impres...
	STICKY: Videos / DVD's Edited - Why? ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	jhluxton	53	34441	Mar 31 9:35 AM, 2012 by Ross Poldark
	When series I was shown on TV in the late 1980s I videoed it. In the 90s having bought the VHS video cassettes I noticed that various scenes had been edited. Unfortunatley I didn't retain my off air recordings for comparison. When the DVD's were issued I bought these hoping that the missing s...
	Demelza's Divided Loyalties? (Preview)	Hollyhock	0	21	Jan 22 3:51 PM, 2019 by Hollyhock
	Here's a new topic to start the year off. We've skirted it before but I don't think this specific question has been addressed. When Demelza is spending time with Verity in TAT, her thoughts turn to Hugh Armitage and we are told the following. Sometimes Demelza took out Hugh Armitage's poems and read t...
	Best and worst Christmasses (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	5	154	Dec 4 8:43 PM, 2018 by Hollyhock
	Now that Advent calendars are being opened and the countdown has begun, I thought we should discuss something seasonal. Which of the many Christmas celebrations throughout the novels do you think Ross most enjoyed? What about Demelza? Did she enjoy her best Christmas the same year as Ross? Whi...
	Graham, the thrill of his style and stories (Preview)	Dave	2	97	Nov 23 7:05 PM, 2018 by Mrs Gimlett
	Thank you Stella Poldark and Mrs. Gimlett for encouraging me to continue with the books after I finished T.A.T. I would have missed some wonderful writing and stories.The Miller's Dance I believe is Graham's finest writing so far. His writing in this book assumes a lyrical feel to it. Graham's many d...
	Dancing in Poldark (Preview)	Hollyhock	16	445	Dec 10 3:08 PM, 2018 by Dave
	While chasing a reference about dance in another series, it occurred to me that WG includes dance scenes in all the books. He even named his 9th book for the popular Miller's Dance. In RP, at the Truro ball, Ruth Teague is forever smitten when Ross chooses her for his dance partner. He actually finds him...
	Is Ross an existentialist? (Preview)	Blackleburr	12	311	Nov 29 10:59 AM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	How many boxes on the list below do you think Ross ticks? (1) the dread of death or of the failure of his projects; (2) the "shipwreck" upon insurmountable "limit situations" (death, the struggle and suffering inherent in every form of life, the situation in which everyone daily finds himself);...
	sacrum and profanum (Preview)	Blackleburr	7	224	Nov 26 7:48 PM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	I have said this before, but I find it fascinating how WG makes use of biblical language and references in the story. I suspect there is more than one reason behind it: 1. Historical: back in the day the religious side of life was likely more prominent - or at least, more publicly present than nowadays - s...
	Owners & Their Household Pets (Preview)	Ross Poldark	13	252	Nov 7 10:02 AM, 2018 by Ross Poldark
	To first build up a list of owners and their household pets, copying/ pasting new entries into 7 below and so on until no-one can think of any more. Then finally to discuss them.... 1. Caroline and her pug. 2. Demelza and Garrick. 3. Music Thomas and cats 4. Valentine and Butto 5. Lady Harriet and boarhou...
	Pets in Poldark (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	7	226	Nov 16 12:16 AM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	One of the oddest pets must surely have been Philbert, the galago, which belonged to Lady Harriet. I'm guessing it was a bushbaby or something very similar. I wonder what it was fed on? Since dogs were given lots of sweetmeats and food we would nowadays reserve only for humans, it is surprising Phil...
	Ross's mission to Rouen (Preview)	Blackleburr	4	154	Nov 4 4:03 PM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	I detect a discrepancy in the back story that Ross and Demelza give for Ross's mission to fetch Bella from Rouen. The following bit is from the first conversation between Bella and Ross in Rouen: Bella: You said that Mama had sent you on a mission. Darling Papa, have you come to see me on a mission? Ross: Y...
	In the beginning... (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	11	327	Nov 28 1:26 AM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	Whilst fan fiction has no part in this Society, I was on a long distance drive through Cornwall recently and was prompted into thoughts of Poldark by the villages I was passing through. At St Allen, where Grace 'came from', I began to wonder what kind of a child Ross was. He was born to a couple deeply in...
	What if anything annoys you about the books? (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	18	387	Nov 5 10:26 AM, 2018 by Stella Poldark
	In such an enormous work, if you think of the novels as continuous (I think I once read there are over 3million words) there are inevitably one or two things that must annoy every reader. I suspect we all have different bits to relate. One thing I have noticed and ever since I first became aware of it, I wi...
	Ross and Demelza’s Evolving Interactions (Preview)	Hollyhock	3	314	Oct 24 11:36 PM, 2018 by Stella Poldark
	Some of the exchanges between R&D are not only entertaining, they mirror the nature of their relationship over time.As a young man, Ross finds himself with two unexpected tasks. He has to restore Nampara and assume responsibility for a young servant girl. From the beginning, Demelza is hardwo...
	The Battle of Waterloo film (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	83	Oct 19 11:50 PM, 2018 by Ross Poldark
	Just finished watching a very good film about the Battle of Waterloo made in 1970 which I'd never seen before finding myself picking out quite a good Jeremy and Cuby at the ball, so wasn't too hard to imagine Ross somewhere in there during the battle scenes searching for Jeremy. Also some great actors o...
	Ross and Demelza their grown up Children (Preview)	Dave	42	815	Nov 8 2:09 PM, 2018 by Dave
	Clowance said: Mama, why do Jeremy and his friends go out fishing so much and never catch any fish? But they do, my handsome. We eat it regularly. But not enough. They go out after breakfast and come back for supper, and their haul is what you or I in a row-boat could cull in a couple of hours! They are not ver...
	Would the Poldark books be more suited to radio or not ? (Preview)	Ross Poldark	2	126	Oct 5 10:12 PM, 2018 by Ross Poldark
	Thinking of the world's longest running radio programme "The Archers" which was first aired on 1st January 1951 and still running today, what would be the pros and cons of airing the Poldark books on radio....? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Archers
	SFTS - Comparing Characters with the Earlier Books (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	3	196	Sep 24 9:20 PM, 2018 by Mrs Gimlett
	In my complete re-read, I have now reached The Stranger from the Sea. As usual, new things have struck me about this series I have read so many times and thought I knew so well. The first thing I noted and actually have done before is how petty and spiteful George still is. With all his wealth, success and...
	Unfair scenes (Preview)	Blackleburr	31	706	Oct 13 10:06 AM, 2018 by Dark Mare
	I have decided that one of the things I love about the Poldark books is that WG seems to genuinely like the characters he's writing about (well, most of them, anyway). It is a bit jarring [not charring, sorry!], then, when every once in a while you come across a scene where one of the characters seems to be...
	Duel - whom/what was Ross really trying to fight? (Preview)	Blackleburr	22	639	Oct 13 11:12 AM, 2018 by Dark Mare
	There is something that puzzles me in the storyline of Ross's duel with Monk Adderley: The TV series puts on it the interpretation that Ross was really trying to fight Hugh Armitage. The books hint in the same direction, although somewhat less explicitly. To me, however, this interpretation does no...
	Demelza's fondness for port.........an alcoholic? (Preview)	Dave	37	689	Oct 8 4:33 AM, 2018 by Dave
	Demelza's love for port....an alcoholic?I have pulled from the first 6 Poldark books excerpts showing Demelza's desire for port. From the start of reading these six books, I noticed Demelza's desire for port. Then when I started pulling these excerpts' from the books I was made aware that Ross co...
	Ross and Demelza's children, why only 5? (Preview)	Ross Poldark	21	661	Sep 14 9:46 PM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	Ross and Demelza's children, why only 5?
	Livery Men (Preview)	Dave	0	135	Aug 15 12:45 AM, 2018 by Dave
	It is always a unique surprise to me that sometimes I am reading another book and something in that book will be cross-referenced to the Poldark books and films. I recently was watching Season 2 Episode 3. It is a scene where Elizabeth is receiving an invitation from George W. to soirée by a livery. Fran...
	Thinkers of the day (Preview)	Dark Mare	14	631	Nov 21 9:00 AM, 2018 by Mrs Gimlett
	One of the things I like about the Poldark books is the way they weave the thoughts and theories of thinkers of the day into this sprawling story. We have a 19-year-old Caroline Penvenen spouting Malthus' since-disproven thoughts on populations and food supplies. We have Ross embracing some if not a...
	How much sleep did the Poldarks get? (Preview)	Blackleburr	1	218	Jul 6 10:24 PM, 2018 by Stella Poldark
	Has anyone else been wondering how much sleep did the people in the Nampara household get? They are often said to wake up at or before dawn, but also quite often they stay up late and rarely ever seem to have a problem with that. So, how did they manage to keep it up? Perhaps they were making up their sleepin...
	swimming (Preview)	Blackleburr	7	416	Jul 23 1:34 AM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	The recent discussion about vellows and Ross being caught in one of them in "The Angry Tide" got me thinking about the Poldarks' swimming skills more generally, and there is one question that bothers me: How come Demelza was so confident about going out fishing on her own in the dinghy in Jeremy Poldar...
	about Ross and overthinking (Preview)	Blackleburr	0	207	Jun 28 8:34 PM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	Now that I have been called out on overthinking a certain event in the books, I wonder: Isn't this something that Ross himself would be likely to do (the overthinking, I mean)? Some bits of his internal monologue make it look like a valid possibility (most notably that in the evening of the blue dress, I...
	The Four Swans ending (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	277	Jun 28 11:58 AM, 2018 by Ross Poldark
	New thread opened...."The Four Swans ending". Blackleburr wrote : "On TFS ending, I agree it is lovely. The appearance of Clowance does seem to shift the conversation - before, it feels that Ross and Demelza are mostly talking past each other, stuck in self-pity mode; and after, they start to actual...
	Old & Modern English Phrases & Expressions (Preview)	Ross Poldark	18	655	Oct 20 6:47 PM, 2018 by Hollyhock
	Old & Modern English Phrases & Expressions....
	Instinct of tidiness (Preview)	Blackleburr	16	555	Jun 28 9:28 PM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	Here is a question about a detail that was left out of the current tv adaptation. There is a passage in the scene at the end of "The Four Swans" when Demelza comes back from Killewarren, grieving the death of Hugh Armitage, where WG writes: "Demelza wiped her eyes again and gulped some of Ross's drink. Ro...
	References in Poldark books (Preview)	Blackleburr	1	233	Jun 14 9:51 PM, 2018 by Blackleburr
	One of the reviews I've seen of an episode from Series 3 of Poldark was titled "Ross is the new Jesus" - and it struck me that there are several scenes in the books where Winston Graham makes a subtle use of this parallel himself: 1. In Jeremy Poldark, chapter 8, when Ross is about to invite Francis to partn...
	Hugh (Preview)	Vivian James	2	311	Jun 14 9:27 AM, 2018 by Mrs Gimlett
	Am I the only viewer who really dislikes Hugh Armitages manipulative behavior concerning Demelza?
	Artificial grass at Tehidy in the 1790s? Did Francis Basset have a time machine? (Preview)	Dark Mare	5	367	May 6 9:10 AM, 2018 by Dark Mare
	Does anyone have any idea what Francis Basset meant by "artificial grass" in this sentence from Page 92 of "The Four Swans"? "I intend to try some experimental crops - turnips, cabbage, artificial grass - things not yet known in this part of the country, so that the farmers in the neighbourhood may se...
	Scenes we wish WG had followed up on ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Dark Mare	64	2671	Jun 14 3:00 AM, 2018 by Smollett
	Are there any scenes in the Poldark books that suggest others that you wish WG had written? I have a few, but one stands way above all the others: This scene from "The Four Swans" has Demelza wondering what it is about her that gets men to treat her the way they do. She is seated beside an elderly general wh...
	Film based on Stranger from the Sea (Preview)	Nampara breeze	6	617	Mar 18 2:19 AM, 2018 by Fijane
	I recently recorded a film on the True Movies channel (who knew?) after being intrigued that it was titled Poldark. It turned out to be a 2 Hour long 1995 film version of The Stranger from the Sea starring some familiar faces from my much younger days in the main parts which I recognised but could never ha...
	St Pirin's Day (Preview)	Stella Poldark	0	210	Mar 5 1:45 PM, 2018 by Stella Poldark
	Happy St Pirin's Day!
	After the ball at Werry House (Preview)	Dark Mare	6	747	Mar 3 7:04 AM, 2018 by Fijane
	While rereading the section of "Warleggan" that deals with Sir Hugh's birthday party, I just noticed something: Demelza doesn't actually tell Captain McNeil which bedroom she is using. Or am I missing something? ... But will you not fulfil the promise of your looks, my darling? Perhaps later. Lat...
	Jumping into the world of Poldark (Preview)	Nampara breeze	15	756	Nov 26 7:57 AM, 2017 by Dark Mare
	I have been reading posts for so long on this forum and have always admired peoples in-depth knowledge of Winston Grahams 12 books about Ross Poldark and his family. I am a devoted fan of the original material and also love the audio books narrated mainly by Oliver Hemborough. Of course, the current TV...
	"The History of Primrose Prettyface" (Preview)	Dark Mare	2	780	Nov 13 6:06 AM, 2017 by Fijane
	Am I the only one who thought WG had to have invented the title "The History of Primrose Prettyface"? Nope. Portions of the book are even available online: http://hockliffe.dmu.ac.uk/items/0131pages.html?page=003 Alas, one thing that isn't there is the picture of the all-important angel....
	Verity & Captain Blamey (Preview)	Ross Poldark	5	767	Oct 29 12:39 PM, 2017 by Dark Mare
	Topic transferred....
	Minor characters (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	16	1157	Jan 8 8:30 PM, 2018 by Dark Mare
	Throughout the twelve books there must be hundreds of characters. We discuss the prominent ones almost endlessly. Which of the minor people most interest you? And why?
	The Odd Word (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	13	1233	Oct 31 7:10 PM, 2017 by Mrs Gimlett
	WG wrote millions of words. Are there any which irritate you? Do you find yourself wishing he had used a different word at certain times? Are you surprised by some of the writing? Sometimes, when I have been reading the books, I have thought how odd it is that WGs characters nearly always FUMBLE in...
	The Treneglos Family (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	0	537	Oct 1 3:49 PM, 2017 by Mrs Gimlett
	The Treneglos family don't exactly loom large throughout the books, but are constantly in the background. We know that John fancied Demelza from the beginning and that Ruth was jealous because Ross didn't want her before she married. Looking through a book to find a reference the other day, I was str...
	1765 (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	2	528	Sep 18 7:40 PM, 2017 by Mrs Gimlett
	Nampara was begun by Joshua Poldark in 1765. By then Ross was 5 years old. Where did the family live before Nampara? I am tempted to think they were at Trenwith, but that I doubt. Charles was never close to Joshua, especially when he was getting up to his usual tricks of wenching and whatnot, although...
	Poldark Cookery (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	1	548	Sep 12 12:24 PM, 2017 by Stella Poldark
	It has come to my notice that Jean Graham's book, about the food in Poldark, has been re-issued. This is an interesting little volume, full of Cornish recipes and local anecdotes. Jean considered herself a Cornishwoman, even though I believe she was born in Devon. (That's nearly abroad to a Corni...
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