The Loving Cup: A Novel of Cornwall, 1813-1815 [Hardcover]

Winston Graham (Author)

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Publication Date: May 1985

Cornwall 1813. A silver cup lies half-forgotten in a dark cave, amongst a pile of stolen goods. Yet the tiny vessel and its inscription 'Amor gignit amorem' 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. 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. 'From the incomparable Winston Graham...who has everything that anyone else has, and then a whole lot more' - "Guardian".

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Winston Graham is the author of more than forty novels, which include Cordelia, Marnie, The Walking Stick and Stephanie as well as the highly successful Poldark series. His novels have been translated into seventeen languages and six have been filmed. Six of Winston Graham's books have been filmed for the big screen, the most notable being Marnie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Two television series were made of the Poldark novels which were broadcast in twenty-two countries. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 1983 was awarded the OBE. He died in July 2003 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 440 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday (May 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385198345
• ISBN-13: 978-0385198349
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,731,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1813-1815, October 23, 2006

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This review is from: The Loving Cup (Poldark) (Hardcover)

1984's The Loving Cup, a novel released almost exactly forty years after the Poldark saga began, marks the tenth occasion Winston Graham visits Cornwall with his cast of characters. In this novel we witness Britain's reaction as the seemingly eternal war with France grinds down to what appears to be victory, and as a consequence Geoffrey Charles comes home at last from the front with a Spanish bride in tow. He takes up living in the old house he remembers from his childhood, when his father and mother, Francis and Elizabeth Poldark, resided there together in the far happier times of the 1780's and 1790's. But while this one homecoming passes, another Poldark takes a commission and goes to the perilous front, as the lovelorn Jeremy, at last accepting that the woman he'd hoped to marry will never have him in the face of her family's opposition, leaves behind all he has ever known and seeks his fate elsewhere. The Loving Cup is a novel about war, the results of an act of crime, and about the power of the place one dubs one's home. It tells tales of love and heartbreak, of ambitions successfully attained, and plans dashed by the whim of fate. In this book old friends from this long series are given exposure and updated, and many familiar men and women carry on with lives that seem very real beyond this literary context. As with all of Winston Graham's novels, this is historical fiction at its highest caliber.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Like this book, October 22, 2010

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I really enjoyed reading The Loving Cup. I have read all of the previous books in the Poldark series and this one was just as interesting and exciting as the previous ones. Winston Graham is able to make the second generation characters as compelling as the parents. I am glad, however, that Demelza and Ross continue to be integral to the storyline.

5.0 out of 5 stars Winston Graham's crowning glory, April 12, 2011

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Winston Graham's last book really is the crowning glory to this magnificent series of the Cornish Poldarks and Warleggans which held me in thrall for so many years. He will be missed by all of us who could not wait for the next book in this enthralling saga, which brought to vivid life the whole of Cornwall from the 1790's, right through the turmoil caused by the French Revolution until the downfall of Napoleon. Every character, real and imagined, came to life not only in his books, but also in the TV series during the eighties of the previous century.
For every lover of historical romance, this is surely the ultimate read.

I bought the last 4 or 5 Poldark Books from Amazon about 3 years ago - sent to my sister, Mrs Laetitia Bundock of 17 Peartree Rd, Dibdon, Purlieu, Southampton, in order to save on postage to South Africa.