Poldark Saga - Winston Graham discussion

I was going to bring this up under Warleggan - #4, but there was no topic heading for that book, yet, and well, I'm new at this and haven't figured out how to navigate this site.
On a re-reading of Book 1 I noticed that when Ross goes to visit his parent's grave site that the date of his mother's death on the tombstone is "the ninth of May", which is also the date of the VBT in Warleggan. Can that just be a coincidence? Anyone care to comment?

Mara, I have moved this to the right folder now x

I haven't got that far in the book yet ;)
Can anyone else bring light to this?

Hmmmm that is interesting...I checked to see if perhaps it was the date he married Jean, but that was in September and Jean died in December 1992...so that is not it. Interesting...

Mara wrote: "I noticed that when Ross goes to visit his parent's grave site that the date of his mother's death on the tombstone is "the ninth of May", which is also the date of the VBT in Warleggan. Can that just be a coincidence? Anyone care to comment?"

(view spoiler)[ Are you thinking that perhaps Ross was particularly vulnerable to news of Elizabeth's engagement on that date because it was also the anniversary of his mother's death? I think it's coincidental. There is no evidence that Ross had any sentimentality for that date and the author does not hint at any significance. I think the date is only noted in Warleggan so readers can "do the math" and draw their own conclusions when Valentine is born the following February 14th. I LOVE that Winston Graham leaves room for doubt in the reader's mind about paternity across 3 more books! (hide spoiler)]

I'm curious, what does VBT mean?

It stands for "Very Bad Thing", something that I've seen used on other sites to refer to a particular event in Warleggan that occurs on the ninth of May.

Pandora wrote: "I'm curious, what does VBT mean?"

Mara wrote: "It stands for "Very Bad Thing", something that I've seen used on other sites to refer to a particular event in Warleggan that occurs on the ninth of May."

YES IT DOES MEAN VERY BAD THING, I AM EAGER TO SEE HOW DH HANDLES IT. I HAVE READ SOME RATHER NASTY CRITICAL COMMENTS ON OTHER SITES, APPLYING PERSONAL 21ST CENTURY AND DIFFERENT STANDARDS WITHOUT THE WHOLE CONTEXT OF BOOKS 5,6,7. DH CREATES SUCH SENSITIVE SCRIPTS, I AM SURE IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE...

I found an excellent analysis of the VBT on the web and have come to agree with it. I think it's okay if we talk about it out loud in this topic area, since spoilers are a given when discussing a particular book.

WOULD YOU POST A LINK? OR AT LEAST THE SITE? THANK YOU...

Victoria wrote: "WOULD YOU POST A LINK? OR AT LEAST THE SITE? THANK YOU..." I started a new topic in this folder. :-)