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New York: Ballantine Books, 1979
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"Cornwall, 1798-1799. Ross Poldark sits for the borough of Truro as Member of Parliament--his time divided between London and Cornwall, his heart divided about his wife, Demelza. His old feud with George Warleggan still flares--as does the illicit love between Morwenna and Drake, Demelza's brother. Before the new century dawns, George and Ross will be drawn together by a loss greater than their rivalry--and Morwenna and Drake by a tragedy that brings them hope ..."--Page 4 of cover.
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LibraryThing member PollyMoore3
The last of the really good Poldark novels. After this they began to "go off", until the last of the series were clearly completed by someone else and are vastly inferior. The first four, his original Poldark novels, are the best.
LibraryThing member AdonisGuilfoyle
A satisfying blend of death and drama to move into a new century, and from one generation of Poldarks to the next. Some of the characters have aged more in spirit than in years - though I was glad to find that Demelza still retains a spark of independent thought - but all remain well wrought and
Graham packs The Angry Tide with the usual surfeit of triumph, tension and tragedy. There are three deaths - an excessively stupid 'misadventure', freeing up one tortured character, the youngest life lost yet, and an accidental but perhaps appropriately timed self-sacrifice. I still mourn Francis, and now I confess to feeling sorry for George! Dumb old Ross becomes an MP, after much humming and hawing, and Demelza trails after him for her first - and perhaps last - visit to London. Nature adds the angry tide of the title, a flood and a gale to add to the man-made difficulties of debt, duels and political discord. The usual fare.
Graham excels at great characters - in the dramatic sense, for I could still cheerfully murder Ross - and terrible grief. Otherwise, he's fairly harsh on women who do not display his favoured traits of loyalty and domesticity - Keren Daniel, Rowella Chynoweth - and every book seems to be made up of the same subplots: trouble at t'mine, world events (I think there might have been a reason why Austen eschewed the reality of the French Revolution over the comfortable fiction of invented romances), and Ross' ego. Have I mentioned how annoying Ross can be? Still, can't wait to move onto Poldark: the next generation, AKA The Stranger From the Sea!
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well written. As Demelza says, 'there is a different feeling, Verity. I have a different feeling'.Graham packs The Angry Tide with the usual surfeit of triumph, tension and tragedy. There are three deaths - an excessively stupid 'misadventure', freeing up one tortured character, the youngest life lost yet, and an accidental but perhaps appropriately timed self-sacrifice. I still mourn Francis, and now I confess to feeling sorry for George! Dumb old Ross becomes an MP, after much humming and hawing, and Demelza trails after him for her first - and perhaps last - visit to London. Nature adds the angry tide of the title, a flood and a gale to add to the man-made difficulties of debt, duels and political discord. The usual fare.
Graham excels at great characters - in the dramatic sense, for I could still cheerfully murder Ross - and terrible grief. Otherwise, he's fairly harsh on women who do not display his favoured traits of loyalty and domesticity - Keren Daniel, Rowella Chynoweth - and every book seems to be made up of the same subplots: trouble at t'mine, world events (I think there might have been a reason why Austen eschewed the reality of the French Revolution over the comfortable fiction of invented romances), and Ross' ego. Have I mentioned how annoying Ross can be? Still, can't wait to move onto Poldark: the next generation, AKA The Stranger From the Sea!
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LibraryThing member MickyFine
In this seventh entry in the Poldark series, Ross begins to adjust to life as an MP, he and Demelza work to figure out where their marriage stands in the wake of Hugh Armitage's death, and Ross continues to feud via proxies with George Warleggan. In addition a major shake up in Morwenna Whitworth's
There are a lot of things going on in this novel but it felt like not much happened in the first half and I was dragging myself through reading it. Of course, as is typical with the Poldark novels, once things kick off they suck you in and make for compelling reading. While I predicted the big final event of the novel based on the blurb on the back cover, there were still several plot developments I didn't see coming. As always, I remain thoroughly invested in the lives of these characters and will continue to work my way through the remaining books.
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life has ramifications for Drake Carne, Caroline and Dwight suffer a heartbreaking loss, and George and Elizabeth continue to grapple with George's insecurities and the effect they have on their marriage. All while an upstart named Buonaparte is shaking things up on the continent.There are a lot of things going on in this novel but it felt like not much happened in the first half and I was dragging myself through reading it. Of course, as is typical with the Poldark novels, once things kick off they suck you in and make for compelling reading. While I predicted the big final event of the novel based on the blurb on the back cover, there were still several plot developments I didn't see coming. As always, I remain thoroughly invested in the lives of these characters and will continue to work my way through the remaining books.
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LibraryThing member fuzzi
One of the better books in the Poldark series, The Angry Tide highlights the anger issues of Ross, and George, and their families. The author isn't writing a common melodrama, but gives the reader fascinating introspection into the characters, in a non-boring, intriguing manner. I've upped my
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rating to 4 1/2 stars because of the excellent deeper looks into the psyche of the usual players. Show Less
LibraryThing member KarenRice
The series is becoming melodramatic but I'm still enjoying it. Like another reviewer, I'm getting tired of problems between Demelza and Ross, mostly because sometimes I don't quite get what the problem is. Another problem with this one--SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER--what exactly is
Elizabeth's illness?
Elizabeth's illness?
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Something to do with the potion that she took, and something to do with prisoners of war, but it's not clear at all. Show Less
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1977
Physical description
507 p.; 6.77 inches
ISBN
0345280466 / 9780345280466