She’s beginning to understand that this is what London is like. In spite of the weather, she’s feeling a sense of achievement because she’s survived the cramped and crowded train journey without her usual anxiety.

No matter how gripping this story is, the third person POV comes off as omniscient narration: James isn’t exactly lauded for her grasp of flowing prose. It would take a writer of immense technical skill to pull it off and…E.L. So many readers hate first person present tense, but third person present is nearly unthinkable. Not just from my own personal position where I could never write in it. I don’t have an issue with tense hopping. So, yesterday we didn’t see much of the heroine aside from her “Go Dog Go!” impersonation. And the poor dude can’t fight her because he’s dead. This is quite literally Fifty Shades of Twilight all over again. We’re not talking, oh, this is so old and out of copyright and nobody alive even owns it anymore.

Now, lest you go, “Oh, well, it’s like when people remake Jane Austen novels,” Winston Graham’s final Poldark novel came out in 2002. She took someone else’s work and she did it again. Trevethick is the real-life name of a famous Cornish mining engineer. Ross stands to inherit Trenwith until Elizabeth produces an heir before her husband dies.Īnd for extra fuckery? Ross Poldark owns mines in Cornwall. Maxim stands to inherit the Earldom until Caroline reveals she’s pregnant with her late husband’s heir (spoiler alert).Ross’s cousin and closest male relative married Ross’s first love and childhood best friend. Maxim’s brother and closest male relative married Maxim’s first love and childhood best friend.Ross’s captivating young housekeeper has an uncanny talent for singing. Maxim’s captivating young housekeeper has an uncanny talent at the piano.Ross is captivated by his young housekeeper who has escaped an abusive past. Maxim is captivated by his young housekeeper who has escaped an abusive past.

Trenwith includes ownership of an estate in Cornwall.

The Earldom includes an estate in Cornwall.

Ross is the only male relative of the Master of Trenwith.

Maxim is the only male relative of the Earl of Trevethick.

I was astonished at how much better the plot of this book was, how much she’d grown as a writer.Īnd then commenter Sushi pointed out that it’s Poldark.

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