In the sixth book in the legendary Poldark saga, Ross is faced with a new battlefield, one involving the women whose lives are intertwined in his own Cornwall, 1795 -1799 although Ross Poldark, now something of a war hero, seems secure in his hard-won prosperity, a new dilemma faces him in the sudden infatuation of a young naval officer for his wife Demelza. All four women—the four swans—whose lives touch Rosss face a crisis in these years. For his wife Demelza, his old love Elizabeth, for his friends new wife Caroline, and for the unhappy Morwenna Chynoweth, these are times of stress and conflict.,
