Poldark spin offs we need now
The Secret Toymaker: As his young daughter, Ursula, grows into an odd and quiet girl, banker George Warleggan is desperate to forge a meaningful connection with her. He soon finds that while the child is not interested in conversation with her sad and awkward widower father, she is willing to play for hours on end with the toys in her well-stocked nursery. In an effort to please her and perhaps finally attract her attention, George himself begins to secretly build her some toys. Simple creations at first, over time his designs become more and more fantastical. Always delivered under a veil of secrecy, these mechanically complicated yet whimsically themed inventions are the only things that bring joy to the lonely little girl. Together--yet separately--George and Ursula build a quiet world of imagination and escape. George eventually takes his secret to the grave and the true identity of the inspired toymaker is never revealed to Ursula nor to anyone.
A Most Honourable Friend: Dr. Dwight Enys and his charming, sharp-witted wife, Caroline, move from Cornwall to London in the early 1800s. While Dwight is hard at work studying communicable diseases among the urban poor, his bored wife longs for intellectual stimulation of her own. At first it seems she can only pursue the usual occupations expected of a lady of her class--visiting friends, attending balls, playing cards with the neighbours. Then one tedious evening at the card table, she makes a new acquaintance--Arthur Kidston Elliot, a newly elected MP who lacks both confidence and original ideas. At first Caroline offers some clever advice to the dull and timid Elliot, but before long she is ghost writing speeches and even drafting proposed legislation for the young MP. Elliot’s sudden political success is a surprise to all, especially his patron back in his home county, who had no idea Elliot was so inspired and forward thinking. But as Elliot’s parliamentary career rises meteorically, he becomes more and more desperate to keep Caroline’s role a secret. How far will Elliot go and will Caroline now find herself in unexpected danger?
Life’s Greatest Treasure: Series One follows Verity Blamey’s evolution from gentle housewife to murderous pirate queen. While her husband is away on the Lisbon Packet, Verity’s son, a privateer, has gone missing at sea. Unwilling to sit at home alone and wait for bad news--or no news at all--she decides she must act, and convinces a local tub carrier to take her as far as the Scilly Isles to begin her search. But when uninvited French rogues come aboard one night, killing the captain and attempting to commandeer the vessel, Verity finds herself successfully defending its cargo and the fearful crew. Amazed at her skill with a dagger and ashamed at their own cowardice, the crew--indebted to her for their very lives--now hail her as their leader. But with blood on her hands and illegal cargo in her hull, Verity and her gang are soon hunted by both the Cornish excise men and the French, who seek revenge for the death of one of their own. Soon Verity finds herself embroiled in the dangerous world of piracy, all the while continuing to search for her lost son.
The Flag of St. Piran: Series One follows the developing friendship of two young wives who unexpectedly find themselves solving crimes in early 19th century Cornwall. Broken hearted but not broken in mind nor spirit, Emma Tregirls & Jinny Martin Carter have each recently married local men for companionship and survival--not for love. Stoically they both face their often difficult and always tedious lives, determined to put lost dreams behind them. But after a young village girl is murdered, Jinny and Emma join together to track down the killer. And when it is clear the genteel magistrates have no interest sitting the case, the two resolve to deliver their own brand of justice. (The title comes from the white cross on a black background of the Cornwall flag, representing white tin flowing from the black rock, or good overcoming evil).
