Description
| Product ID: | 9781909621503 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Title: | Demelza |
| Subtitle: | A Novel of Cornwall, 1788–1790 |
| Authors: | Author: Winston Graham |
| Page Count: | 536 |
| Subjects: | Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Sagas, Historical fiction, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A collector's edition of Demelza, the second book in Winston Graham's evocative and dramatic Cornish Poldark series. <p>This stunning Macmillan Collector's Library edition of <i>Demelza </i>features an afterword by novelist Liz Fenwick.<br><br>Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner's daughter rescued from a fairground rabble, is now Ross Poldark's wife. But events are set to test their marriage and their love . . . <br><br>Demelza's efforts to adapt to the ways of the gentry - and of her husband - bring her confusion and heartache, despite her joy at the birth of their first child. Meanwhile, Ross begins a bitter struggle for the rights of the mining communities, sowing the seed of an enduring enmity with the powerful George Warleggan. <br><br><i>Demelza</i> is the second novel in Winston Graham's sweeping saga of Cornish life in the eighteenth century. First published in 1945, the Poldark series has enthralled readers ever since.<br><br>Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-07-14 |