Lavinia Brandon is quite the loveliest widow in Barsetshire, blessed with beauty and grace, as well as two handsome grown-up children, Delia and Francis.
So thinks their cousin Hilary Grant when he comes to stay and - like many before him - promptly falls for his fragrant hostess.
Meanwhile, the Brandons' ill-tempered dowager aunt is stirring up controversy over her legacy, and Lavinia's attention is further occupied by the challenges of making a match between the vicar and gifted village hel.
Virago Press (uk) The brandons: a virago modern classic, paperback/angela thirkell
