Penmarric.

by

735 pages

English language

Published Nov. 9, 1971 by Simon and Schuster.

ISBN:
978-0-671-20823-3
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OCLC Number:
140250

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3 stars (1 review)

Set against the starkly beautiful landscape of Cornwall, PENMARRIC is the totally enthralling saga of a family divided against itself. At the center of the novel is the great mansion called Penmarric. It is to Penmarric that Mark Castallack, a proud, strange, and sensitive man, brings his bride Janna--the first act in a tempestuous drama that was to span three generations...

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reviewed PENMARRIC by Susan Howatch (Fawcett Crest Book # A1681 ($1.65))

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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.

Subjects

  • Cornwall (England : County) -- Fiction