The dramatic destruction of the Spanish fleet by Howard, Drake & their men ensured that England kept her political & religious freedom-but it wasn't the end of the story. Philip II of Spain's crusade to conquer Protestant England was the culmination of an undeclared war between the two nations which had simmered for years.
The story of the Spanish Armada, sent crashing to destruction in stormy seas by English battleships, is one of the most famous & popular of British history.
The Poldark series is the masterwork of Winston Graham’s life work, evoking the period and people like only he can and creating a work of rich and poor, loss and love, that you will not soon forget. Ross is brought to trial for his involvement, and despite their stormy marriage, Demelza tries to rally support for her husband, to save him and their family.īut there are enemies in plenty who would be happy to see Ross convicted, not the least of which is George Warleggan, the powerful banker whose personal rivalry with Ross grows ever more intense and threatens to destroy the Poldarks.Īnd into this setting, Jeremy Poldark, Ross and Demelza’s first son, is born. Reeling from the tragic death of a loved one, Captain Poldark vents his grief by inciting impoverished locals to salvage the contents of a ship run aground in a storm-an act for which British law proscribes death by hanging. Ross Poldark faces the darkest hour of his life in this third novel of the Poldark series. The Ugly Sister is a joy to read.īook 3 of the beloved Poldark novels, now the subject of a forthcoming major new series on Masterpiece™ on PBS® Then there is Bram Fox, a predatory male, with his mischievous eyes and dazzling smile, who is a dangerous free-spirit and an ongoing distraction Charles Lane, a skilled and visionary young engineer Canon Robartes, in his draughty moorland rectory, relishing rebellion in the young Emma, her wit, her vulnerability, encouraging her natural gift for song.Įmma tells her story with a blunt and beguiling honesty, and no novelist has written more lyrically of Cornwall. Her beautiful sister, Tamsin, is four years the elder and her mother's ambitions lie in Tamsin's future and in her own success, both on the stage and off.Ī shadow over their childhood at Place House, the family home of their uncle, is the bulky presence of Slade, the butler, an ominous man who has access to cellars not accessible to all. One side of her face marred at birth, Emma grows up without affection, her elegant mother on the stage, her father killed in a duel before she was born.
he introduces us to a wealth of memorable characters as Emma Spry tells her fascinating story. The Napoleonic Wars have ended, the age of steam has dawned. In The Ugly Sister, Winston Graham returns to Cornwall, home to his classic Poldark series.
0 kommentar(er)
