![]() ![]() And then thank goodness that your group of friends are nothing like this. Cringe as Lucia’s (lack of) proficiency in Italian comes under scrutiny. Chuckle as they compete to be best friends with the visiting opera singer. ![]() Snigger as the Riseholmians embrace yoga. If you watched the 2014 TV adaptation you’ll recognise some of the plots here. ![]() The townspeople’s snobbery leads them into trouble at every turn. Georgie is her best friend (if she can be said to have one when life is a constant competition for superiority), balding and greying and desperate to hide it, he has his faults, but in this book at least is a slightly more sympathetic character than Lucia.īut for all that Lucia is awful, this is such a fun book. She and her husband drop snippets of Italian into conversation to make people think they’re fluent (they’re not), and she practices her piano duets in secret so she can “sight-read” them when Georgie comes over. Emmeline Lucas – Lucia – always wants to have the upper hand, and employs all sorts of underhand methods to dominate the neighbourhood. In Queen Lucia, we meet the residents of Riseholme and their snobbish leader. I have Miss Mapp waiting on the Kindle in the interests of fairness! This week’s BotW is the first in the Mapp and Lucia series by E F Benson – which doesn’t actually feature Miss Mapp – just Lucia! I’ve read Mapp and Lucia – which is the the fourth boo in the series and have come back to the start. ![]()
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