The four swans: A novel of Cornwall 1795-7 - Hardcover

Graham, Winston

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002222469 ISBN 13: 9780002222464

Publisher: Collins, 1976

Synopsis

In the sixth book in the legendary Poldark saga, Ross is faced with a new battlefield, one involving the women whose lives are intertwined in his own

Cornwall, 1795 -1799: although Ross Poldark, now something of a war hero, seems secure in his hard-won prosperity, a new dilemma faces him in the sudden infatuation of a young naval officer for his wife Demelza. All four women—the four swans—whose lives touch Ross’s face a crisis in these years. For his wife Demelza, his old love Elizabeth, for his friend’s new wife Caroline, and for the unhappy Morwenna Chynoweth, these are times of stress and conflict.

About this title

About the Author

WINSTON GRAHAM is the author of more than forty novels, including Cordelia, Marnie, The Walking Stick, Stephanie, and the Poldark Series. His novels have been translated into seventeen languages. Six of his books have been made into films, the most notable being Marnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The first television adaptation of the Poldark series was enormously successful and the new adaptation is being shown widely around the world. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 1983 was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He died in 2003.

Review

"From the incomparable Winston Graham. . . who has everything that anyone else has, and then a whole lot more." "Guardian""

Edition details

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0002222469
• ISBN 13: 9780002222464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 409