Bella Poldark
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What joy to find another Poldark book and how sad it is the last. The characters remained true throughout the whole series and reading this was like hearing about old friends. A book to read long past bedtime and pick up again at breakfast!
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Winston Graham, Thank You for a Wonderful Series
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In this novel, the lives of the Poldark Family come full circle. As the title suggests, the novel is centered on the youngest daughter, Bella, who has her heart set on becoming an operatic singer. As in all the preceding 11 novels of the series, Graham brings to life here the feelings and sensibilities of early 19th century Cornwall, and by extension, England and Europe in the immediate post-Napoleonic era. The characters are well-drawn and you find yourself, as you read this novel, wanting to know how they'll fare at journey's end. While I enjoyed this novel, and the other 3 novels of the series I have read (I'm now reading "ROSS POLDARK", the first of the series), I felt sad to know that this is the last of the series. (As some of you may already know, Winston Graham passed away at the age of 93 this past July.) Next to James Clavell, Graham has been able to create characters in the Poldark Series - Ross & Demelza & their children, George Warleggan, Valentine Warleggan, Verity, Geoffrey-Charles, Cuby - who could take on the lives of REAL PEOPLE. Love or hate them, you could never be indifferent about these people while reading any of the Poldark novels.
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Epilogue
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Drama, Passion and Intrigue. At the great age of 93 Winston Graham proves once again that he is the master of novels. Remeet all your favourite characters for the last time. Journey from Cornwall to London and France. Do not dare to poke your nose out of doors and walk alone in the dark. A fitting requiem for one of the most famous familes to walk the pages of a novel.
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Bella Poldark
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This is the perfect book for a long journey or lazing on the beach while you're on holiday as it's unputdownable, dragging you back into the familiar Cornwall of the Poldarks, with all of its usual tension, drama and passion,allowing you to see how they recover/move on from the dramatic events in 'The Twisted Sword'. And that's the point really, it is the world of 'The Twisted Sword' in all its familiarity, Winston Graham on top form, seems to have not lost touch with this Cornwall despite the gap between the publication of the 2 books and effortlessly closes some plotlines while leaving others hanging making the Reader very hungry for more. Hopefully, like a certain tribute to a certain musical film, Graham, from his affection for his creation, will decide to do it 'just once more' to 'conclude' the saga and we can all return again to Nampara.
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A Welcome Return to Cornwall
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Winston Graham's concluding story has all the ingredients for a memorising trip back into the past. Ross, Demelza, Clowance, Isabella-Rose - add a dash of Warleggan, a pinch of a new character, the mysterious Philip Prideaux. To this rich potion add a dangerous serial killer on the loose, a sprinkle of the delights of Old London Town, a back drop of magnificent Cornish scenery from Nampara Beach to the spoil heaps of Wheal Elizabeth, resulting in an intoxicating recipe for long nights on the settee with a glass of port and a roaring fire. It's so good you can almost smell the Payntor's house and the more pleasing aroma of the sea!
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