<p><i>Demelza </i>is the second book in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner.<br><br>Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner's daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But in the events of these turbulent years test their marriage and their love.<br><br> Demelza's efforts to adapt to the ways of the gentry - and her husbane - bring her confusion and heartache, despite the joy in the birth of their first 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.<br><br><i>Demelza </i>is followed by <i>Jeremy Poldark</i>, the third title in this evocative series set in 18th century Cornwall.<br><br> 'From the incomparable Winston Graham...who has everything that anyone else has, then a whol