Poldark: Jeremy Poldark / Warleggan

by Winston Graham

En Septiembre de 1970 Ross Poldark enfrenta el momento más oscuro de su vida. Comparece ante el tribunal para hacer frente a la acusación de haber saqueado dos barcos que encallaron en la playa frente a su casa. Demelza, a pesar de estar esperando el nacimiento de su hijo Jeremy Poldark, decide asistir al juicio. Todos saben que una sentencia condenatoria llevará a muerte a Ross.
"Todo ha terminado- pensó Ross- tal vez habría sido mejor que hubiera apuntado mis cañones contra ellos y les hubiera dicho lo que pensaba. Tal como están las cosas, ni siquiera tendré esa satisfacción.
Hubo un movimiento en la sala del tribunal. Era el jurado que regresaba.

541 pages, Tapa blanda

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Winston Graham was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote contemporary thrillers, period novels, short stories, non-fiction, and plays. Born in Victoria Park, Manchester, he moved to Perranporth, Cornwall in 1925 and lived there for 34 years. Graham published his first novel, The House with the Stained Glass Windows, in 1934 and married Jean Williamson in 1939, who inspired the character Demelza in Poldark. During World War II, he joined the Auxiliary Coastguard Service. Graham became a member of the Society of Authors in 1945, serving as chairman from 1967 to 1969, and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, receiving an OBE in 1983. His Poldark series began with Ross Poldark in 1945 and concluded with Bella Poldark in 2002. He wrote 30 additional novels, short stories, and non-fiction works, including the acclaimed thriller Marnie, adapted by Alfred Hitchcock in 1964. Several other novels, including The Walking Stick and Fortune Is a Woman, were adapted for film. Graham also wrote plays, some adapted from his novels. His works have been translated into 31 languages, and his autobiography, Memoirs of a Private Man, was published posthumously in 2003.

Reviews

[Cassandra Dexter Colby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pasa de todo en esta novela. Qué bien narrada, qué placer saber lo que piensan los personajes, tan humanos e imperfectos. Actúan como lo haríamos muchos de nosotros, obedeciendo a impulsos a veces irracionales. A sus pies, señor Graham. Ahora toca sumergirse en lo desconocido con "Luna Negra". Miedo me da lo que pueda pasar...

[leti · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐

Sufrimiento: el libro. Es la trama de toda la saga que menos me gusta porque se centra en Poldark hace chanchullo > casi le pillan > al final no le pillan qué bien plas plas plas... Por lo demás, no ocurre nada relevante.
Es el libro con la vi*lación a Elisabeth y sólo por eso debería suspenderlo.

[Kate Hassen]

Slow reading

[Joanne Hyland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loving the Poldark series of books and also the tv series with Aidan Turner. I visited Cornwall, a place of my ancestors last year and the books are giving me an insight into what my copper mining relatives lives were like.

[Frances Larosa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really helpful when trying to keep up with the PBS series. Also the books have many more interesting details than the TV series.