The Four Swans

Cornwall, 1795. Although Ross Poldarknow something of a war heroseems 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 womenthe four swanswhose 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.