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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...

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...

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

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 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...

Poldark TV Locations & "Maps" http://web.archive.org/web/20070923045745/www.poldark.org.uk/maps.html

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

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...

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

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...

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...

What happened to Elizabeth's mother after she had her stroke?

How old was Demelza when each of the 5 children were born? How old was Ross?

Greetings Poldark friends, Hope everyone is coping during this pandemic. It makes Dwight's frustrations with diphtheria and other epidemics seem all the more real. Ironically, Ross survived the deadly Bussaco battle with barely a scratch only to be hospitalized by influenza in TSFTS. When Deme...

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Warleggan-Novel-Cornwall-1792-1793-Winston-Graham/30572883821/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_UK&cm_ite=viewbook

Happy St Piran's day!!Who was St Piran?St Piran was a priest in the west of Ireland. He fell out with the king and was chucked off a cliff with a millstone tied around his neck. He managed to navigate the lump of granite with a hole in it across the Celtic sea and landed in Perranporth. Piran met a bunch of b...

Stephen Carrington was repeatedly caught in lies about his background and actions, was hostile, cruel(thinking of how he treated the little gypsy girl), violent (killing the sailor, threatening to kill Ben Carter, implying to kill Clowance to ensure she wouldn't marry anyone else if she didn't m...

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00158CH20/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=

Do you think that WG began writing the last 8 books because the readers at the time wanted more or some other reason, whilst WG was it seems quite content at the time to stop it there ? Personally I feel that underneath he was still quite happy with just the first 4 alone and always would be because of the ori...

Of the two TV Poldark productions the first in the Seventies up to Book 7 and the current one, allowing for obvious technological differences which do you now prefer the most and why ?

I have a question about a curious parenting practice of Demelza's - turning her children over in their sleep: 1) In Demelza, after the quarrel with Ross when she admitted to her role in Verity's elopement:[Ross] lit another candle and walked over to the cot. Julia had kicked off all the bedclothes. S...

Now that the TV series is just about over and thinking of "The Archers" radio serial that's been running since 1951 non stop, any thoughts on whether all the Poldark books would be adaptable or not to radio....? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Archers

Below is the link to a first edition Demelza which has been re-bound and is for sale at £350. This price is, by comparison, a good one. I have seen some recently for considerably more and in poor condition. If anyone is interested it is on Abeboks UK - link below. https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/S...

Its been several months since I finished all 12 novels. I checked them out at the library so dont have copies on hand. I am wanting to remember a quote of Demelza... it is on one of the latter booksshe is reflecting on when her children were young. I believe something happens (maybe she is around Caroli...

In The Angry Tide, WG gave the following description of Ross: "Ross was not the best letter-writer in the world. His warmth, of which Demelza knew so much, came out in personal contact. When he was with you he could suddenly say the sort of things to melt any woman's heart - or on another occasion to freez...

Can anyone think of an example across the Poldark books where someone (willingly) marries up in terms of social status, but is unhappy in marriage? Most of the marriages which are not altogether successful seem to be among equals (Elizabeth & Francis, Keren & Mark Daniel, Ruth & John T...

I cannot find the thread begun some while ago, so I have set it up again. There are any number of (mainly small) discrepancies occurring throughout the 12 books. The most glaringly obvious are two I mentioned on another thread the other day. 1 John Trevaunance, that benign gent, living on the North c...

Happy St Piran's Day!

I'd be interested to know what do others here think about the conversation that Ross and Demelza had in TAT on their way to London while Demelza was coming to terms with the fact that the children had to stay behind at Nampara: 'Oh dear,' said Demelza, 'I believe I am a small matter distraught.' 'Try to f...

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...

There's a page in the Internet Archives showing three maps: As I understand it, the first, untitled "map of Poldark's Cornwall" comes from the Ward Lock edition of Warleggan. But where does the second come from? It bears the legend "Poldark Country" and is said to have been made by WG in 1981. And where...

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...

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...

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);...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 am a new member of this forum can anybody tell me if I can acquire the Poldark series on Ebook. Many thanks Kind regards Tony

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...

I can't help but marvel at the YouTube algorithm now that I've watched this TED Talk on infidelity. The only thing in my viewing patterns that can explain why I received the notification for this talk is the Series 2 "Poldark" snippets I keep rewatching. I think they both might have found something hel...

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...

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...

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...

Old & Modern English Phrases & Expressions....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	STICKY: Ward Lock Book 4 - Warleggan (Preview)	Ross Poldark	6	1768	Dec 17 2:12 PM, 2019 by Stella Poldark
	Discussions about Ward Lock Book 4 - Warleggan
	STICKY: Ward Lock Book 3 - Jeremy Poldark. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	3	1377	Oct 2 1:03 AM, 2019 by Little Henry
	Discussions about Ward Lock Book 3 - Jeremy Poldark.
	STICKY: Ward Lock Book 1 - Ross Poldark. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	44	4377	May 12 10:55 PM, 2019 by Stella Poldark
	Discussions about Ward Lock Book 1 - Ross Poldark.
	STICKY: Ward Lock Book 2 - Demelza (Preview)	Ross Poldark	2	1365	Sep 7 10:39 AM, 2017 by Mrs Gimlett
	Discussions about Ward Lock Book 2 - Demelza
	STICKY: Jeremy Poldark Book 1 - Episode 1 (Spoiler Alerts !!) (Preview)	Ross Poldark	1	1932	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	3683	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	4524	May 4 6:50 AM, 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: Videos / DVD's Edited - Why? ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	jhluxton	53	44648	Mar 31 4:35 PM, 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...
	STICKY: Cult of Poldark (merged with earlier thread) (Preview)	Char Nanfan	29	9767	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: Poldark on DVD (Preview)	lynda	3	4330	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: (From Hilary) Poldark audio books (Preview)	Ross Poldark	4	5168	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 TV Locations & "Maps" (Preview)	Ross Poldark	3	8278	Mar 11 5:38 PM, 2011 by Verity
	Poldark TV Locations & "Maps" http://web.archive.org/web/20070923045745/www.poldark.org.uk/maps.html
	STICKY: 2007 - Full Set Unedited, Region Free, Australian DVDs ! (Preview)	Ross Poldark	15	7206	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 in the US (Preview)	westted	6	5040	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	3632	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: Original Poldark Radio Times article - 1975 (Preview)	Ross Poldark	5	3997	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 VHS to DVD (Preview)	simon	3	8894	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...
	Owners & Their Household Pets (Preview)	Ross Poldark	14	792	Sep 7 11:43 AM, 2021 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...
	Elizabeth's mother (Preview)	corky	5	382	Jun 20 5:47 PM, 2021 by corky
	What happened to Elizabeth's mother after she had her stroke?
	age of demelza when each child was born (Preview)	corky	1	202	Apr 16 10:38 PM, 2021 by Hollyhock
	How old was Demelza when each of the 5 children were born? How old was Ross?
	Epidemics and the Poldarks (Preview)	Hollyhock	14	1226	May 14 5:27 PM, 2020 by Stella Poldark
	Greetings Poldark friends, Hope everyone is coping during this pandemic. It makes Dwight's frustrations with diphtheria and other epidemics seem all the more real. Ironically, Ross survived the deadly Bussaco battle with barely a scratch only to be hospitalized by influenza in TSFTS. When Deme...
	First Editions (Preview)	Stella Poldark	1	464	Apr 8 5:20 PM, 2020 by Stella Poldark
	https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Warleggan-Novel-Cornwall-1792-1793-Winston-Graham/30572883821/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_UK&cm_ite=viewbook
	St Piran's Day (Preview)	Stella Poldark	0	366	Mar 5 12:34 PM, 2020 by Stella Poldark
	Happy St Piran's day!!Who was St Piran?St Piran was a priest in the west of Ireland. He fell out with the king and was chucked off a cliff with a millstone tied around his neck. He managed to navigate the lump of granite with a hole in it across the Celtic sea and landed in Perranporth. Piran met a bunch of b...
	Why was Stephen Carrington accepted so easily? (Preview)	ShortSightedEyes	1	503	Feb 24 7:24 PM, 2020 by Hollyhock
	Stephen Carrington was repeatedly caught in lies about his background and actions, was hostile, cruel(thinking of how he treated the little gypsy girl), violent (killing the sailor, threatening to kill Ben Carter, implying to kill Clowance to ensure she wouldn't marry anyone else if she didn't m...
	First Editions - Demelza (Preview)	Stella Poldark	1	528	Jan 18 9:35 PM, 2020 by Stella Poldark
	https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00158CH20/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=
	Thoughts on the first 4 Ward Locks and the last 8 books ? (Preview)	Ross Poldark	5	547	Dec 26 2:28 AM, 2019 by Stella Poldark
	Do you think that WG began writing the last 8 books because the readers at the time wanted more or some other reason, whilst WG was it seems quite content at the time to stop it there ? Personally I feel that underneath he was still quite happy with just the first 4 alone and always would be because of the ori...
	Comparisons between the first and second TV productions ? (Preview)	Ross Poldark	6	813	Nov 17 4:14 AM, 2019 by Little Henry
	Of the two TV Poldark productions the first in the Seventies up to Book 7 and the current one, allowing for obvious technological differences which do you now prefer the most and why ?
	handling small children (Preview)	Blackleburr	2	692	Oct 12 1:17 PM, 2019 by Blackleburr
	I have a question about a curious parenting practice of Demelza's - turning her children over in their sleep: 1) In Demelza, after the quarrel with Ross when she admitted to her role in Verity's elopement:[Ross] lit another candle and walked over to the cot. Julia had kicked off all the bedclothes. S...
	A long running Poldark radio serial...? (Preview)	Ross Poldark	3	598	Sep 15 9:56 AM, 2019 by Mrs Gimlett
	Now that the TV series is just about over and thinking of "The Archers" radio serial that's been running since 1951 non stop, any thoughts on whether all the Poldark books would be adaptable or not to radio....? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Archers
	First Edition Demelza (Preview)	Stella Poldark	9	878	Aug 21 10:22 AM, 2019 by Stella Poldark
	Below is the link to a first edition Demelza which has been re-bound and is for sale at £350. This price is, by comparison, a good one. I have seen some recently for considerably more and in poor condition. If anyone is interested it is on Abeboks UK - link below. https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/S...
	Demelza Quote - Help! (Preview)	LucyPoldark	5	682	Aug 20 11:50 PM, 2019 by Little Henry
	Its been several months since I finished all 12 novels. I checked them out at the library so dont have copies on hand. I am wanting to remember a quote of Demelza... it is on one of the latter booksshe is reflecting on when her children were young. I believe something happens (maybe she is around Caroli...
	favourite quotes from Ross (Preview)	Blackleburr	18	1493	Aug 20 12:05 AM, 2019 by Fijane
	In The Angry Tide, WG gave the following description of Ross: "Ross was not the best letter-writer in the world. His warmth, of which Demelza knew so much, came out in personal contact. When he was with you he could suddenly say the sort of things to melt any woman's heart - or on another occasion to freez...
	Comparisons between the first 4 books & the last 8....? (Preview)	Ross Poldark	5	1031	Aug 13 11:57 PM, 2019 by Stella Poldark

	on marriage, social status and happiness (Preview)	Blackleburr	13	1224	Jun 8 4:11 AM, 2019 by Blackleburr
	Can anyone think of an example across the Poldark books where someone (willingly) marries up in terms of social status, but is unhappy in marriage? Most of the marriages which are not altogether successful seem to be among equals (Elizabeth & Francis, Keren & Mark Daniel, Ruth & John T...
	Discrepancies throughout the Poldark books ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	128	14577	May 14 9:22 PM, 2019 by Little Henry
	I cannot find the thread begun some while ago, so I have set it up again. There are any number of (mainly small) discrepancies occurring throughout the 12 books. The most glaringly obvious are two I mentioned on another thread the other day. 1 John Trevaunance, that benign gent, living on the North c...
	What sort of outside effects and from whom could have happened to WG himself ? (Preview)	Ross Poldark	7	601	Apr 22 11:02 PM, 2019 by Hollyhock

	St Piran's Day (Preview)	Stella Poldark	3	579	Mar 7 5:05 PM, 2019 by Mrs Gimlett
	Happy St Piran's Day!
	bad company (Preview)	Blackleburr	6	876	Feb 10 5:20 PM, 2019 by Blackleburr
	I'd be interested to know what do others here think about the conversation that Ross and Demelza had in TAT on their way to London while Demelza was coming to terms with the fact that the children had to stay behind at Nampara: 'Oh dear,' said Demelza, 'I believe I am a small matter distraught.' 'Try to f...
	Demelza's Divided Loyalties? (Preview)	Hollyhock	17	1190	Feb 3 1:40 AM, 2019 by Smollett
	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...
	Question about Poldark maps (Preview)	Kathy	5	628	Jan 30 8:53 AM, 2019 by Ross Poldark
	There's a page in the Internet Archives showing three maps: As I understand it, the first, untitled "map of Poldark's Cornwall" comes from the Ward Lock edition of Warleggan. But where does the second come from? It bears the legend "Poldark Country" and is said to have been made by WG in 1981. And where...
	Dancing in Poldark (Preview)	Hollyhock	16	1135	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...
	Best and worst Christmasses (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	5	637	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...
	Is Ross an existentialist? (Preview)	Blackleburr	12	943	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);...
	In the beginning... (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	11	936	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...
	sacrum and profanum (Preview)	Blackleburr	7	789	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...
	Graham, the thrill of his style and stories (Preview)	Dave	2	579	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...
	Thinkers of the day (Preview)	Dark Mare	14	1236	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...
	Pets in Poldark (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	7	875	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...
	Poldark series on ebook ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	tonyfordham	65	26828	Nov 13 4:56 PM, 2018 by Dave
	I am a new member of this forum can anybody tell me if I can acquire the Poldark series on Ebook. Many thanks Kind regards Tony
	Ross and Demelza their grown up Children (Preview)	Dave	42	1571	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...
	A TED Talk for Ross and Demelza (Preview)	Dark Mare	2	939	Nov 7 1:23 PM, 2018 by Dark Mare
	I can't help but marvel at the YouTube algorithm now that I've watched this TED Talk on infidelity. The only thing in my viewing patterns that can explain why I received the notification for this talk is the Series 2 "Poldark" snippets I keep rewatching. I think they both might have found something hel...
	What if anything annoys you about the books? (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	18	1056	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's mission to Rouen (Preview)	Blackleburr	4	611	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...
	Ross and Demelza’s Evolving Interactions (Preview)	Hollyhock	3	966	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...
	Old & Modern English Phrases & Expressions (Preview)	Ross Poldark	18	1260	Oct 20 6:47 PM, 2018 by Hollyhock
	Old & Modern English Phrases & Expressions....
	The Battle of Waterloo film (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	556	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...
	Duel - whom/what was Ross really trying to fight? (Preview)	Blackleburr	22	1171	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...
	Unfair scenes (Preview)	Blackleburr	31	1514	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...
	Demelza's fondness for port.........an alcoholic? (Preview)	Dave	37	1639	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...
	Would the Poldark books be more suited to radio or not ? (Preview)	Ross Poldark	2	600	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
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