Queen Lucia
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780552990752 (0552990752)
Publish date: February 24th 1984
Publisher: Black Swan Books
Pages no: 266
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary
Series: Lucia -6 (#1)
The ruler of Riseholme, happier than he of Russia, had no need to fear the finger of Bolshevism writing on the wall, for there was not in the whole of that vat which seethed so pleasantly with culture, one bubble of revolutionary ferment. Here there was neither poverty nor discontent nor muttered me...
Queen Lucia by E.F. Benson ★★★.5 Emmaline (Lucia) Lucas is the undisputed queen of Riseholme during the roaring 20’s, and everyone knows it. She and her husband, Peppino, are close, and her next closest friend and ally is Georgie; while some think they flirt, that couldn’t be further from th...
a four
Darlings, you simply must visit Riseholme. It's just the most precious 1920s English village that you ever could see. Delightful! Decadent! Devious! Demented! Delicious!Riseholme is ruled by its very own doyenne of style and taste and class, one Emmeline Lucia Lucas. She utterly commands the village...
This book, recommended as "just like Wodehouse", turned out to be as much like Wodehouse as the fluid given Arthur Dent when he asked the Nutrimatic Drinks Dispenser for tea. Which is to say- not my cuppa.
9 years ago
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