The Loving Cup - (Poldark, 10) by Winston Graham (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A stolen silver cup, bearing the motto "Amor gignit amorem," haunts the pages of this 10th novel in the Poldark series. Set in the closing years of the wars against Napolean, central to the novel stand Demelza and Ross Poldark, their son Jeremy, daughter Clowance, and the Warleggans.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>The tenth book in Winston Graham's classic Poldark saga, now a major TV series from Masterpiece PBS.<br></b><br><i>Cornwall 1813</i> <p/>A silver cup lies half-forgotten in a dank cave, amongst a pile of stolen goods. Yet the tiny vessel and its inscription <i>Amor gignit amorem</i> haunts the lives of the still-feuding Poldark and Warleggan families, as Ross, Demelza and the ambitious and powerful Sir George Warleggan watch their children make the decisions that will shape their destinies. <p/>In the closing years of the wars against Napoleon, for Jeremy and Clowance, and for arrogant, cynical Valentine Warleggan, these are troubled and momentous times . . . <p/>In his Poldark series, Winston Graham explores the complications of love lost and the class struggle of early 19th-century England with a light comic touch. <i>The Loving Cup </i>is followed by the eleventh book in the series, <i>The Twisted Sword</i>.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A distinct pleasure and outstanding in the genre." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/>"From the incomparable Winston Graham. . . who has everything that anyone else has, and then a whole lot more." --<i>Guardian </i>(UK) <p/>"Ross is one of literature's great heroes . . . [with] elements of Darcy, Heathcliff, Rhett Butler and Robin Hood." --Debbie Horsfield</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>WINSTON GRAHAM is the author of more than forty novels which have been translated into seventeen languages. Six of his books have been made into films, the most notable being <i>Marnie</i>, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The first TV adaptation of the Poldark series was enormously successful and the new one is being shown widely around the world. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 1983 was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He died in 2003.
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