The Twisted Sword

January, 1815. Cornwall. Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic lull. For Ross has little option but to accept the summons – and travel to Paris with his family, as an ‘observer’ of the French armed forces.

Parisian life begins well with an exhilarating round of balls and parties, the flourishing of old friendships and the start of new ones. But the return of Napoleon to French soil brings separation, distrust and danger to the Poldarks…