Poldark Recap Series 1 Episode 2 Feelings and Lies

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Unmarried at 25 and plain compared to the stunning Elizabeth, Verity was resigned to her duties at Trenwith. At an assembly, however, she met Captain Blamey and fell in love. Captain Blamey was equally smitten with Verity. It would have been a good match, had it not been for the fact that Captain Blamey had a past considered unsuitable for a Poldark.

Poldark Recap Series 1 Episode 1 A Son Comes Home

Note: I have not read the Poldark novels by Winston Graham so these recaps will solely be based on the TV series.

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We know little of Ross Poldark before he returned from the war two years after he was reported dead. When asked by his superior officer why he enlisted, he said that it was to escape the gallows. His crimes, according to him, were brawling, free trading and assaulting a custom's official. Based on the conversation inside the coach on Ross's way back to Cornwall, his description of his life before the war was likely accurate.