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The Four Swans

The Poldark Saga seriesbook 6 of 12Next:The Angry Tide(1977) →

The sixth book in the legendary Poldarksaga. Cornwall, 1795: 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' 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.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 581 pages

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