The Weldons of Tibradden

'...As she came out of the churchyard to the road again, she noticed a stranger on the footpath opposite, glancing through the hedge into the coppice. As he heard the gate open, he turned and saw Ursula. At that moment she made an enchanting picture standing there, tall and slim, in her pretty summer frock, a shady hat covering her dark hair. He stared at her, and she stared at him. There was some indefinite quality in the man which arrested her attention...'The Weldons of Tibradden follows the fortunes of three generations of the Weldon family beginning in the 1870s and ending in 1935. It is a fascinating story of success, courage, love and betrayal.Annie M.P. Smithson was the most successful of all Irish romantic novelists and all of her books were bestsellers. The Weldons of Tibradden is reprinted here for the benefit of the new generations who did not have the opportunity to read it.