Demelza - Poldark, Bk 2 Author:Winston Graham Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner's daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But the events of these turbulent years test their marriage and their love. Demelza's efforts to adapt to the ways of the gentry -- and her husband -- bring her confusion and heartache, despite the joy in the birth of their fi... more »rst child. Ross begins a bitter struggle for the rights of the mining communities -- and sows the seed of an enduring enmity with powerful George Warleggan.« less