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Queen Lucia Cd X3 Unabridged

Emma — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara Jefford is the hilariously outrageous Lucia in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the novel by E.F. Benson. Lucia is the uncrowned queen of 1920s provincial society, the Everest of social climbers and the most delicious of snobs. In the pastoral serenity of the village of Riseholme, Lucia and her unforgettable cronies face up to an Indian guru, spiritualism and a cultural usurper.

E.F. Benson’s wickedly witty satires on the rivalries of English middle-class life have elevated Lucia’s extravagant exploits to cult comedy status.

Mapp & Lucia

Emma — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Look out for the new BBC adaptation starring Anna Chancellor, Miranda Richardson and Mark Gatiss!

Miss Elizabeth Mapp reigns supreme over the village of Tilling…until the advent of Mrs Emmeline Lucas, or ‘Lucia’ to her friends. No one could compete, surely, with Lucia’s formidable armoury: her duchesses, her Italian, her financial speculations, her celebrated recipe for Lobster Ã la Riseholme. But Mapp will not relinquish her supremacy in local society so easily, and battle is joined between these two indomitable queens and their rather fickle allies.

PMC Mapp & Lucia

Emma — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Subtly brilliant comedy of social rivalry between the wars. Emmeline Lucas (known universally to her friends as Lucia) is an arch-snob of the highest order. In Miss Elizabeth Mapp of Mallards Lucia meets her match. Ostensibly the most civil and genteel of society ladies, there is no plan too devious, no plot too cunning, no depths to which they would not sink, in order to win the battle for social supremacy. Using as their deadly weapons garden parties, bridge evenings and charming teas, the two combatants strive to outcharm each other – and the whole of Tilling society – as they vie for the position of doyenne of the town.

Lucia Rising Mapp & Lucia

Emma — Thu, 31 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0000

Three of Benson’s Lucia stories. “Queen Lucia” was published in 1920, “Miss Mapp” in 1922 and “Lucia in London” in 1927. They are much-loved novels of provincial snobbery and became a successful television series.

Lucia Victrix Mapp & Lucia

Emma — Thu, 31 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0000

“Mapp & Lucia” first published in 1935. “Lucia’s progress” first published 1935. “Trouble for Lucia” first published in 1939.