Book Description
'Here she is again, the splendid creature, the great, the wonderful Lucia' Nancy Mitford,
The Times
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Product Description
The middle novel of Benson's six-book "Lucia" series sets Lucia in an English summer resort town.
From the Back Cover
Who is the queen of the archetypically English village of Tilling? Is it the widowed Lucia with her devoted courtier Georgie Pillson, with her command of Italian, her knowledge of the stock market and her ambitious snobbery? Or is it Mapp, the self-styled queen of Tilling, whose features are corrugated by chronic rage at the prospect of her upstart Lucia and her hanger-on? A deliciously entertaining, wickedly exciting war of garden parties, bridge evenings and staggeringly simple little dinners. Two of the most formidable ladies in English literature collide – elegantly, maliciously and amusingly. Let battle commence!
"The joy of seeing Lucia again!"
NANCY MITFORD
"I have not laughed so much at any novel."
TERENCE DE VERE WHITE
"I might have gone to my grave without ever knowing about Lucia or Miss Mapp. It is not a risk anyone should take lightly."
AUBERON WAUGH
About the Author
Edward Frederick Benson was born on July 24, 1867 in Berkshire, the son of a future Archbishop of Canterbury, and one of six children. He studied at Kings College, Cambridge and at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. Benson's first book,
Dodo, was published to popular acclaim in 1893 and was followed by over a hundred books, including novels, histories, biographies and ghost stories. In 1920 Benson became a full-time tenant of Lamb House in Rye, which had once been home to the novelist Henry James. Rye provided the setting for the Mapp and Lucia stories and their author served three terms as mayor of Rye in the late 1930s. E.F. Benson died on February 29, 1940.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
