#poldark books

[thoughtsonpoldark]

#Napoleon is in cinemas now but Ross and Demelza Poldark had their own mighty Napoleon adventure when Ross was sent to Paris to report back to the British government on French political sentiment and they got caught up in the attempted take over.

#poldark #demelza poldark #winston graham #ross poldark #romelza #poldark quotes. #demelza #The Twisted Sword #poldark books #poldark novels #napoleon

[stelly38]

Weird request for Poldark fans:

Does anyone here own the saga (all 12 books) on an e-reading device, and if so, would you be willing to search a word for me, and tell me the book/chapter it's in? It's not a word I think Graham uses regularly, or throughout the saga. The word is 'spawn.' I seem to remember it being in there, but can't begin to remember where.

It's been a while since I read the saga, and I only own the books on paper, so doing this manually would be a daunting task.

Anyone up for a word search?

Please and Thanks!

#poldark #poldark books #winston graham

[ejzah]

Attempting to finish this book roughly two years after I started it:

#poldark #poldark books #the miller’s dance

[queen-paladin]

disclaimer: yes, I am complaining about cheating in media. Because, yes, writers have the freedom to create what they want but if the morality in creation is free for all forms of media, but no piece of art is exempt from criticism, and that includes criticism on personal moral grounds. I betcha if I said Harry Potter is good, actually, everyone on here would flood my blog telling me I am wrong because of the author's intense prejudice. That being said, I am criticizing cheating in fiction, If you don't like that, don't interact

So often lately I see period dramas where the husband cheats on the wife (ex. Poldark, The Essex Serpent, Queen Charlotte, The Great)...and not only do I despise the cheating trope with every fibre of my being to where I get panic attacks when I consume the media...but specifically with period dramas...

Do these writers not understand the greater implications of a husband cheating on a wife during these periods? More than just the humiliation and heartbreak in the case of a loving, good marriage just like it is today.

In the Western world, probably until certain laws were enacted in the 1900's, if a woman married a man, she was legally his property. She had no legal identity under him. She was financially dependent on him. Any wages she made would automatically go to her husband. Her children were also not legally her children- they belonged to the father. If the husband died, even if the wife was still alive, the children were legally considered orphans.

Women could only rarely gain a divorce from their husbands. In England in the mid-1800's specifically, if a wife divorced a husband she had to prove he had to not only cheat but also be physically abusive, incestuous, or commit bestiality. On the other hand, a husband could divorce a wife just for being unfaithful. Because, kids, there were sexual double standards.

Getting married was often the endgame for a lot of women during that time. Sometimes you couldn't make your own living enough- marriage was a way to secure your entire future financially, with more than enough money to get by. If you were a spinster and middle class, you could get by with a job. But if you are an upper-class lady, the one thing a lady does not do is get a job and work. So upper-class spinsters basically were dependent on their families to get by (ex. Anne Elliott in Persuasion faces this with her own toxic family). As strange as it sounded today, marriage gave them some freedom to go about since a husband could be persuaded sometimes more easily than a father and one had a different home, their servants, etc. A husband was your foundation entirely for being a part of society, and standing up as your own woman.

So if a husband cheated on a wife, that was a threat to take all of that away.

He could give a lot of money that could be used to support his wife and children to the mistress. He could completely abandon said wife for the mistress. And since the wife legally couldn't get a job as he still lived, she would be dependent on any money he would said- and that is IF he sent over any money.

He could take her to court and publicly humiliate her to get a divorce away from her (look up the separation of Charles and Kate Dickens, he would call her mentally ill and say her cooking was bad and that she was having more children than they could keep up with all while having an affair and divorcing her to be with the misteress). And even if the wife was the nicest, more proper, goodest, more rule-abiding never-keeping-a-toe-out-of-line lady in town...as a man, the law was default on his side (look up Caroline Norton's A Letter to the Queen which details exactly that, the poor woman had her earnings as a writer taken by her husband and was denied access to her children from said husband)

So yeah...even if there was "no love" between them (and anytime the wife is portrayed as too boring or too bitchy so He HaS tO cHeAt is brought up is...pretty victim blamey)

So yeah. Period drama writers, if you have the husband have an affair ...just consider the reality of these things and address them, maybe punish the husband for once (*gasp* men facing consequences for their actions?!?!!), and if not, just please find other options and other tropes and devices for once.

#tw: cheating #cw: cheating #period dramas #feminism #history #books #tv shows #movies #television #tv series #costume drama #period film #queen charlotte #the essex serpent #the great #poldark

[flipperbrain-awakes]

Heida Reed and Aidan Turner

#poldark cast #aidan turner #heida reed #unpopular opinion i wish heida had been demelza #she's so beautiful #they have amazing chemistry #i think the two of them would've been hot as hell #not that eleanor isn't pretty #but heida appeals to me more #and book Demelza had dark hair

[nervousladytraveler]

I consider myself a low-energy, passive, even at times phlegmatic kinda gal. But I’m staying with my parents for a week and my mother just accused me of being “too damn enthusiastic about everything all the time”.

#bonus content: my father asked me if I ever read the Poldark books #all of them? really?

[girlysword]

Anyway, if you want to see 18th-19th century mental health that treats the subject sensitively, watch season 5 of Poldark.

#poldark #queen charlotte #crossing my fingers even harder that we get a sequel series for poldark #because in the later books dr dwight enys treats the king #and poor george needs proper medical attention

[mycological-mariner]

Siiiiiiigh fine

I’m taking this as my cue to finally start Kidnapped

#‘this’ being this guy I’m talking to #he’s a Stuart apparently! and we were talking about uhhh. something nerdy #when I said I had this book on my shelf for nearly a year about the Appin Murder and this guy #bless him. ‘what’s it called??? oh it’s personal’ #and now we’re talking about Jacobean history (a subject I’m quite lacking in) #anyways he’s gonna go read it now and I mean. nows a good a time as any! #he recommended outlander to me. as well as the new poldark (unfortunately everyone knows abt me and Cornish history at this point) #I saw the original series but I’ve never seen outlander. #he’s got it on disc so he’s gonna lend me his copy #I heard someone describe it as Scottish Black Sails?? we’ll see lol #anyways guess I’m reading this now #I don’t sound excited I am #I just nervous. what if this is another hyperfixation. why do you think I’ve put it off this long. #I just want everyone to know this is the same man who sang Jacobite songs in an English pub and who sends me pictures of mushrooms #and who has a similar love for Antarctic exploration. #lovely lad #we exchange folk songs like they’re cards lol #I did recommend Flight of the Heron and so we’ll also be swapping CDs lol

[durtystars]

now don't jump me but the show is called poldark and while ross is the MC he's not the only one that belongs to the family name, which just astounds me that a show focused on a (alleged) historic last name completely missed its potential to focus on the people who raised the MC. because i promise you, i do not care for demelza's brothers so much that i wouldn't pass them up for at least half a season's worth of flashbacks

#“historical drama” and the drama is where exactly #like who CARES about the carnes bro the show is called POLDARK #P O L D A R K #i like that in the books the name is actually french which is cute #text #ross poldark #poldark #mine #“trenwith is my family home” and we saw how many scenes of you growing up in it exactly 🤨🤨

[life-in-every-limb]

What I Read in December

What I Read in December

As usual, I got a fair amount of reading time in December and completed eight interesting books. My family and finished watching Poldark, a Masterpiece Theatre series based on a book series, in mid-December. We were enthralled, and to ease the withdrawal, I am now reading the books, starting with Ross Poldark by Winston Graham. This was a fine book but I found myself wondering how it came to be…

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#Agatha Christie #an open book #book reviews #books #Catholicism #Greg Iles #literature #Miss Marple #Poldark #reading

[thoughtsonpoldark]

'He was struck by the mystery of her personality ...that this hair and head and person of the young woman below it....meant more to him than any other because it made up in some mysterious way just that key which unlocked his attention and desire and love."

Narration of Ross's thoughts on Demelza 'Demelza' (Internal book 1 chapter 10)

#poldark #demelza poldark #ross poldark #winston graham #romelza #poldark quotes. #demelza #elizabeth poldark #poldark love #poldark books #Poldark blog

[thefirstpancake]

When you stir up old things best forgotten, you're bound to stir up some of the mud that's settled around 'em.

Winston Graham (Demelza)

#Winston Graham #quotes #books #Demelza #Poldark

[royxrizafan]

Apropos of literally nothing, I finished Killing Eve and now I’m feeling bitter about how many shows I get invested in that end so poorly it makes me kind of resent the investment I made and not want to ever rewatch again. I honestly don’t watch a fraction of as much TV as I used to and I think I’m realizing that this is why.

#seasons 3 and 4 of killing Eve just weren’t that great #the series finale was so bad that I actually felt uncomfortable watching it #made me think about crazy ex and how season 4 was so terrible that it undid a lot of my love for the show #jtv season 5 literally retconned major plot points about janes love life and career in ways that actually ruined the entire series for me #I loooooved that show and I will never rewatch it bc of how dirty the final season did it #don’t get me started on the past 2 seasons of Riverdale #tvd finale made me want to rip my eyes out and I legit watched that show since I was a teen #it may be unpopular but I thought the final season of g&f was so dull made no sense plot wise and was totally unfunny #Locke and key season 2 was like a bad YA novel from the early 2000s #season 3 of fruits basket cut like half of the novels the entire series was CREATED IN ORDER TO COVER #despite spending two seasons painstakingly being truthful to the books to the point they wasted space #poldark season 5 was embarrassing and I haven’t rewatched despite that being a former comfort show for me while it was still airing #honestly this is like every show I’ve gotten into in the past decade and why I will never shut up about the Shera finale bc it was like #the only time a show I loved ended in a way that made sense seemed thoughtful and intentional and had emotional truth to it #oh and free! #people literally came for my throat over this but I’m older and not in the fandom anymore so I’ll say it #phasing out half your main cast to add like ten new characters in your final two seasons is crap tv

[dinathalawriter]

I much preferred Valentine to be George's

 I believe we have discussed in this group how the baby Elizabeth carried at the end of Warleggan was George’s. Twenty years later when Winston Graham came back to the Poldarks, he used the parentage of Valentine as part of the suspense and drama of the story. The author said:

“It was not until 1971 that, having written a succession of modern novels, I seriously considered writing just one more Poldark. It was in its own way as much of a challenge as starting something quite new.

So The Black Moon was begun, and after initial difficulties, gradually began to flow, just as the others had. And as I wrote it a new theme appeared, growing entirely out of the circumstances of the old. And this theme – which involves the parentage of Elizabeth's son, Valentine Warleggan – has taken three novels to develop and complete.”

#george warleggan #poldark #books #literature

[flipperbrain-awakes]

The Warleggan Ball by flipperbrain-awakes

Ross leans against a wall in the large room and contemplates the tumbler of brandy in his hand. George does not skimp, this amber liquid is quite good. Ross is well acquainted with fine brandy, risking much himself to import the best available through less than legal means. He scans the room, it is between dances and most of the guests are clustered together in groups, engaged in flattery and idle conversation. He had quarreled with his wife an hour ago, he knew his surly attitude and lack of attention had angered Demelza, and he could certainly understand why. Yet at that moment he was incapable of bending, of admitting he was wrong. And rather than making it up with her, he continued playing cards. His grief and outrage over the disgusting treatment of his friend Jim Carter, which ultimately led to his untimely death, had rendered him powerless to rise above his mood. But by God, Demelza is the last person to deserve the sharp-edge of his ire, and now he feels incredibly ashamed at his behavior. 

He watches his wife chatting merrily with several solicitous gentlemen across the ballroom, without a doubt she has many would-be suitors were her husband not standing in the way. She glances at him, her eyes still flashing with annoyance and hurt, she is ravishing and haughty and so very tempting. Demelza is wearing a new gown, its fabric selected particularly for this occasion. It is the color of Spring and covered with delicate leaves and stems. Her décolletage is framed with the tiniest diaphanous ruffle which projects the opposite of demure, rather than disguising, it accentuates her bust and she is fully aware of its effect. 

Ross has had enough drink this night, he sets his glass aside and walks over to speak quietly with the leader of the small orchestra assembled in the southern corner of the room, a few coins are discreetly handed over. While likely the poorest of manners to divert the musical program toward his personal goals, he cares not and strides determinedly toward Demelza. She sees him coming and her brows gather in anticipation of protest but Ross does not give her an opportunity to refuse. He takes her by the hand and leads her to the center of the dance floor. Demelza initially resists his embrace, she is still put-out and a little embarrassed by their earlier exchange… but then she turns her head and looks into his eyes and her anger melts away, he can be damnable at times but his feelings for her are written on his face. 

Ross takes her in his arms as the music strikes up and begins to dance a dance that he has only seen once before, he holds his beautiful wife, his hand sitting familiarly at her waist, and leads her in The Walse. The steps are not truly known to him but he believes he can manage a fair representation, he has some skill at dancing though rarely used. The onlookers at the time he first witnessed this exercise were scandalized by the closeness of its participants, and from the expressions on many a face, they are once again. He grins inwardly at this but Demelza’s visage, her fine features gazing up at him, he is nearly overcome with desire. She is his complete focus, the only thing in this world that truly matters. That he could act an idiot and lose sight of that, well, he is an imperfect man.

They are a vision to behold on the ballroom floor, Ross expertly guiding in his version of this dance, Demelza following his lead like a woman who has been trained in this since girlhood. Their bodies move together instinctually as one, gracefully drifting and turning and whirling together. All eyes are upon them, but theirs are only for each other.

#ross x demelza #ross poldark #demelza poldark #at the warleggan ball #dancing quickie #poldark ficlet #hope it ain't too cringey #i haven't written anything like this in years #things play out differently in the book #this is for the tv adaptation #poldark fan art

[sereinsea71]

on to be a beautiful lady waltzing in a room full of darcys, wentworths, poldarks and bridgertons

how fun would it bе

#mr darcy #bridgerton #poldark #wentworth #aesthetic #book aesthetic