Renny's Daughter — Mazo de la Roche

First published in 1951, in Renny's Daughter, Adeline Whiteoak is
voyaging overseas. It is now 1948, and she travels with her Uncle Finch
and cousin Maurice to Ireland and then London. On the ship she meets a
charming Irishman and falls in love. However, when scandal breaks, she
embodies her namesake and refuses to give him up. Meanwhile, back home,
Jalna's peace and beauty is threatened by a neighbour's speculative
designs. This is book 14 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles. It is followed by Variable Winds at Jalna.