The Poldark Series by Winston Graham

The Poldark series of 12 novels - and I'm pretty sure I read them all years ago- is a summer series this year on PBS. I downloaded the first four so I could re read them.

1. Ross Poldark - Ross returns from America and finds an urchin girl, Demelza, and hires her as a servant because she is abused at home. They are married by the end of the first novel.