Queen Lucia by E. F. BENSON read by Martin Clifton | Full Audio Book
Queen Lucia by E. F. BENSON (1867 - 1940)
Genre(s): Published 1900 onward
Read by: Martin Clifton in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter 01
00:35:44 - 02 - Chapter 02
01:07:45 - 03 - Chapter 03
01:33:45 - 04 - Chapter 04
02:07:44 - 05 - Chapter 05
02:34:49 - 06 - Chapter 06
03:17:08 - 07 - Chapter 07
03:57:41 - 08 - Chapter 08
04:37:46 - 09 - Chapter 09
05:01:32 - 10 - Chapter 10
05:31:19 - 11 - Chapter 11
06:08:48 - 12 - Chapter 12
06:53:06 - 13 - Chapter 13
07:30:50 - 14 - Chapter 14
08:03:50 - 15 - Chapter 15
08:35:20 - 16 - Chapter 16
E. F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire, where his father, who later went on to become the Archbishop of Canterbury, was the first Headmaster. He wrote 105 books in all.Queen Lucia (first published in 1920) was the first of Benson's ‘Mapp and Lucia' novels of which there were six. This first book is a comedy of manners based in the provincial village of Riseholme, where Emmeline Lucas (the Queen Lucia of the title) presides over the social and artistic universe of the gullible residents. Her aide-de-camp in these matters is the somewhat effete Georgie Pillson and the chief competitor for her ‘crown' is Daisy Quantock. The scandal of the Guru, the psychical goings on with Princess Popoffski and the arrival into the sleepy village of a famous Prima Donna all conspire to threaten her supremacy… (summary by Martin Clifton)
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