PENMARRIC

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by Susan Howatch

Paperback, 704 pages

English language

Published April 8, 1972 by Fawcett Publications, Inc., reprinted by arrangement with Simon & Schuster, Inc..

ISBN:: 978-0-449-20622-5
OCLC Number:: 438962971

(1 review)

"I was ten years old when I first saw the inheritance and twenty years old when I first saw Janna Roslyn, but my reaction to both was identical .. I wanted them ..."

Overlooking the bleak cliffs of Cornwall is Penmarric, the ancestral home of Mark Castallack. The stunning gothic manor is the picture of English nobility, wealth, and comfort. But as the twentieth century unfolds, those behind Penmarric’s towering walls face nothing short of disaster. As Mark and his children struggle to save their home and their aristocratic way of life, they must engage in a bitter fight against greed, ambition, betrayal, and even murder.

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3 stars

I read some other Howatch that's more intellectual than this, so I was a bit disappointed to find it's not much more than a well written family saga. The Cornish setting and class/gender conflicts were interesting though--dated views of women's and gay men's sexuality but a lot of underlying sympathy for both the terrible and predatory heirs, and the people they trample on. Page-turning certainly.

Poldark fans may be interested in the lengthy mining subplot.