Mapp and Lucia Omnibus: Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp and Mapp and Lucia

Author(s): E. F. Benson

Gay & Bi Male Fiction

The arrival of the snobbish Mrs Emmeline Lucas (know as Lucia to her friends) to the small seaside town of Tilling causes waves as she threatens the queen bee of Tilling's social circle, Miss Elizabeth Mapp. Against a backdrop of genteel tea parties and bridge evenings a series of hilarious conflicts ensue between the two power-hungry women as they battle on the social stage to gain the ultimate place as the first lady of society. This edition includes three of E. F Benson's satirical stories of inter-war Britain: Mapp and Lucia, Queen Lucia and Miss Mapp.

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The official TV tie-in edition to the new three-part BBC1 adaptation of E.F Benson's hilarious Mapp & Lucia novels

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.

General Fields

  • : 9781849908474
  • : Ebury Press
  • : BBC Books
  • : 0.368
  • : November 2014
  • : 198mm X 126mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : December 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 704
  • : 813
  • : English
  • : Paperback
  • : E. F. Benson