England between the wars was a paradise of calm and leisure for the very, very rich. Into this enclave is born Mrs. Emmeline Lucas - La Lucia, as she is known - a woman determined to lead a life quite different from the subdued formality of her class.
With her cohort, Georgie Pillson, and her husband, Peppino, Lucia upends the greats of high society: the imperious Lady Ambermere and her equally imperious dog, Pug; the odious Piggy and Goosie Antrobus; the Christian Scientist Daisy Quantrock, with her penchant for the foreign; and all the rest of the small English town that the British rich call their country home.
Beset on all sides by pretenders to her social throne, Lucia brings culture, fine arts, excitement, and intrigue into this cloistered realm.
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"The Lucia series, beginng with "Queen..." is a brilliant evocation of post WW1 upper middle class England, as well as a painfully right- on character study of Lucia and her court. Not to mention that it is an instant mood changer. It's very hard to stay unhappy when you are laughing out loud." — Robin (5 out of 5 stars)
"The Lucia series, beginng with "Queen..." is a brilliant evocation of post WW1 upper middle class England, as well as a painfully right- on character study of Lucia and her court. Not to mention that it is an instant mood changer. It's very hard to stay unhappy when you are laughing out loud."
" 4.5 stars. Funny, sweet, charming. The story made me want to live in a little village and join in the garden parties and dinners with tableaux. "
" A light, frivolous and extremely clever read. bookxray.blogspot.com "
" Very funny book about a woman whose sole aim is to social arbiter of her tiny village where everyone follows her lead. "
" This was about a woman and her husband in a small town of Rhishome and I believe it to be somewhere in England. Lucia is known of this town and all the people of the village are summoned to her house for the arts as she is known to know everything to hear about the arts. It was funny and I enjoyed it, but the ending was a bit off. "
" I downloaded the Miss Mapp and Lucia series from Amazon because I tend to enjoy British writing about the upper-middle-class of the 1920s and 1930s. There were some wonderful moments, however, I found the title character (Lucia) to be utterly unlikable. "
" Gawd, these things are hilarious. They could be tedious, but the characterizations and the inventiveness of the plots sell the bitchy, small-mindedness and elevate it to high camp/art. "
" Top escapist fun. This installment of the Lucia books is well supplied with fraudulent gurus and psychics,plotting and intrigue. Very funny indeed.coming close to Wodehouse in my affections. I especially liked Lucia coming unstuck on meeting someone who actually does speak Italian. "
" I did not like any of these people. "
" Read this for my book club. Some parts were entertaining, however, I felt it was mostly a waste of my time. "
" Quite amusing tale of life in a small English village. I especially enjoyed all of the adventures of Mrs. Quantock. I'm looking forward to reading the other six books. "
" Quircky, smart, and very funny. Just starting the next book in "The Make Way for Lucia" series. "
" I really didn't read this. It's a comedy of vapid, self-absorbed english women around the turn of the century. "
" Part 1 - Make Way for Lucia "
" Wicked, satirical view of pretensions and delusions of middle class society matron and her reign of terror in her small British village. "
" This book and the others in the series were so much fun that I'm tempted to hunt it up and read it again. "
" A old favourite, but my first time listening to it as an audiobook. The amusement of watching Lucia's pretensions and Riseholm's social maneuvers are comforting and timeless. "
Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940) was born in Berkshire, England, and educated at Cambridge. He worked in Athens for the British School of Archaeology and later in Egypt for the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Benson wrote fiction, reminiscences, and biographies, but is best remembered for his arch satirical novels and his urbane autobiographical studies of Edwardian and Georgian society.
Miriam Margolyes received the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence. She was the voice of Fly the dog in Babe and appeared in Ladies in Lavender with Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. In 2002 she played the role of Professor Sprout in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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