The Stranger from the Sea — Winston Graham

1810
In Cornwall, the Poldark family awaits the return of Ross from his mission to Wellington's army in Portugal. But their ordered existence ends with Jeremy Poldark's dramatic rescue of THE STRANGER FROM THE SEA

Stephen Carrington's arrival in the Poldark household changes all their lives. For Clowance and Jeremy in particular, the children of Ross. and Demelza, Stephen's advent is the key to a new world -- one of both love and danger.

The Poldarks are involved in all aspects of the changing nineteenth century society -- in the war and the smuggling trade, in mining and the new industrial age, in the glittering London social and political scenes.