The Mapp & Lucia Collection: Volume 1

This collection features unabridged recordings of the first three novels in E.F. Benson’s beloved Mapp and Lucia series. Queen Lucia: 1920s England, Emmeline Lucas – Lucia to her friends – reigns supreme as the social queen of the village of Riseholme. With her large-hearted husband Peppino, and her devoted companion Georgie by her side, her rule is a blissful one. But change is afoot: enter Olga Bracely, the famous opera prima-donna. Will this new celebrity topple the rightful sovereign? Miss Mapp: In the coastal English village of Tilling, Miss Elizabeth Mapp sits like a watchful bird of prey at the bow window of her garden-room. For her main occupation is observing and guiding the local inhabitants. Between coaxing Major Benjamin Flint into marriage and stopping Isabel Poppit from stealing her recipe for iced red-currant fool, Miss Mapp certainly has her hands full. . . Lucia in London: Lucia Lucas revels in her position of Queen of Riseholme. However, when her husband Peppino's can