The Twisted Sword is the eleventh novel in Winston Grahams hugely popular Poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner. n n Cornwall 1815. Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic contentment she has fought so hard to achieve. For Ross has little option but to accept the summons - and travel to Paris with his family, as an observer of the French armed forces. n n Parisian life begins well with an exhilarating round of balls and parties. But the return of Napoleon brings separation, distrust and danger to the Poldarks . . . and always for Demelza there is the shadow of the secret she does not even share with Ross. n n The Twisted Sword is followed by the eleventh book in the Poldark series, Bella Poldark. n