Now I know why this book was 50 cents at a book warehouse. I advise you not to spend so much on it. The first 106 pages are where the action is and are interesting, if tame. You can then skip from there to about 10 pages from the end, and you will have read the substance of the book. Better still, save time: Read the first 106 pages and then email me and I will tell you who did it and you can move on to another book! Such an otherwise good author, what was she thinking?

While reading this book, I kept wondering when the good part would begin. The trip to London had little to do with the plot. Not a good read at all.

How can a writer who did Woman of Substance do such an incredibly poor job on The Triumph of Katie Byrne? Are the editors sure that this is really Mrs. Bradford's work? It continually repeats itself and the adolescent nature of writing and interaction between characters leads me to believe that this could not possibly be one of her works. I highly recommend that NO ONE bother reading this tripe.

This is the only BTB novel I have read. I have to agree with the tone of most of the other reviewers that this was a waste of time and it is a wonder that a publisher actually read this and went ahead and published it. Was this a first draft that was written over a weekend and some how got to the publisher????

I read this book only because it was lent to me by an unfortunate person who was lumbered with it for Mothers Day. It was the only BTB book I've read since "Woman of Substance" and I fine it hard to believe that it was written by the same writer! The dialogue was unbelievably twee and some of it was out of a Victorian novel---the heroine calls her brother --Brother mine!!!!!Oh brother! I finished it because it was so bad that it was funny.

This is the only book I have read written by Bradford.I enjoyed the book and recommend it to everyone.I plan to read more of BBB's books after reading this one.