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Mapp & Lucia(1st Edition)
by E.F. Benson
Paperback, 420 Pages, Published 2015 by Hesperus Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-84391-546-1, ISBN: 1-84391-546-4

"Meet Mapp and Lucia - two of the most unpleasant, disgraceful women you're ever likely to encounter, in E.F. Bensons carefully observed tale of 1930s village life and social ranking. Emmeline Lucas (known as Lucia to her friends) is emerging from mourning following the death of her husband. Pretentious, snobbish and down-right devious, she feels her home town of Riseholme offers no longer challenges and decides to holiday in the town of ..."






The Worshipful Lucia & Trouble for Lucia(1st Edition)
The Mapp & Lucia Novels (Mapp & Lucia Series)
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2015 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-1-101-91214-0, ISBN: 1-101-91214-6

"E. F. Benson s beloved Mapp and Lucia novels are sparkling, classic comedies of manners set against the petty snobberies and competitive maneuverings of English village society in the 1920s and 1930s."The Worshipful Lucia" (1935; published in the UK as "Lucia s Progress)" and "Trouble for Lucia" (1939) are the last two novels in Benson s series. They chronicle the ongoing battles of his famous characters Mrs. Lucia Lucas and Miss Elizab ..."






Queen Lucia & Miss Mapp
The Mapp & Lucia Novels (Mapp and Lucia: Vintage Classics)
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2015 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-1-101-91210-2, ISBN: 1-101-91210-3

"E. F. Benson s beloved Mapp and Lucia novels are sparkling, classic comedies of manners set against the petty snobberies and competitive maneuverings of English village society in the 1920s and 1930s. Benson s series revolves around two unforgettable characters, both forceful and irrepressible women who dominate their respective villages in southern England and who will eventually end up hilariously at war with each other. Lucia is the ..."






The Luck of the Vails
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2013 by Random House Uk
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-09-957243-5, ISBN: 0-09-957243-5

"E. F. Benson is best-known for his wickedly funny tales of English village life, but here he shows himself a master of mystery and country-house crime In a Holbein portrait above the grand old fireplace, Francis Vail, second baronet, brandishes a beautiful golden goblet, encrusted with pearls, rubies, and emeralds. But this treasure, the Luck of the Vails, has brought the family nothing but ruin and death. On the eve of his 21st birthda ..."






Queen Lucia(Updated)
(Black Swan)
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, 266 Pages, Published 1984 by Black Swan Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-552-99075-2, ISBN: 0-552-99075-2

"This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work."






How Fear Departed the Long Gallery
A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
by E. F. Benson, Seth
Paperback, 52 Pages, Published 2017 by Biblioasis
ISBN-13: 978-1-77196-194-3, ISBN: 1-77196-194-5

"Biblioasis is thrilled to continue this series of beautifully illustrated, collectible, classic Christmas ghost stories designed and illustrated by world-famous cartoonist Seth.In How Fear Departed the Long Gallery, for the Peverils, the appearance of a ghost is no more upsetting than the appearance of the mailman at an ordinary house. Except for the twin toddlers in the Long Gallery. No one would dare be caught in the Long Gallery afte ..."






Lucia in London & Mapp and Lucia(Reprint)
The Mapp & Lucia Novels (Mapp & Lucia Series)
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, 624 Pages, Published 2015 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-1-101-91212-6, ISBN: 1-101-91212-X

"E. F. Benson s beloved Mapp and Lucia novels are sparkling, classic comedies of manners set against the petty snobberies and competitive maneuverings of English village society in the 1920s and 1930s. The third and fourth novels in the series, "Lucia in London" (1927) and "Mapp and Lucia" (1931) continue the adventures of Benson s famously irrepressible characters, and bring them into hilarious conflict. Both Mrs. Lucia Lucas and Miss E ..."






Mapp and Lucia
by E.F. Benson
Paperback, Published by Penguin
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-003134-8, ISBN: 0-14-003134-0






The Blotting Book
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, 156 Pages, Published 2013 by Random House Uk
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-09-957242-8, ISBN: 0-09-957242-7

"A brutal murder shocks 1930s Brighton's high society in this classic crime caper for fans of AA Milne's Red House Mystery, Margery Allingham, Edmund Crispin, and Gladys MitchellMorris Assheton is in love, and means to be married. But his happiness is spoiled when he discovers that someone has been whispering poisonous rumors about him to the girl's father. The culprit is Mills, dastardly partner to the Assheton family's trusted lawyer. ..."






Queen Lucia
by E. F. Benson
Hardcover, Published 2012 by Benediction Classics
ISBN-13: 978-1-78139-152-5, ISBN: 1-78139-152-1






Queen Lucia
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 2010 by Watchmaker Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-60386-362-9, ISBN: 1-60386-362-1

"An unabridged edition of Benson's 1920 classic -"






Indian Low Fat Cooking
by E. F. Benson, Roshi Razzaq
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2008 by Ted Smart
ISBN-13: 978-1-85613-280-0, ISBN: 1-85613-280-3






Modern Classics Mapp and Lucia(Updated)
(Penguin Modern Classics)
by E. F. Benson, Philip Hensher
Paperback, 300 Pages, Published 2004 by Penguin Classic
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-118768-6, ISBN: 0-14-118768-9

"在线阅读本书Subtly brilliant comedy of social rivalry between the wars. Emmeline Lucas (known universally to her friends as Lucia) is an arch-snob of the highest order. In Miss Elizabeth Mapp of Mallards Lucia meets her match. Ostensibly the most civil and genteel of society ladies, there is no plan too devious, no plot too cunning, no depths to which they would not sink, in order to win the battle for social supremacy. Using as their deadly ..."






As We Were(Updated)
A Victorian Peepshow (Penguin Classic Biography S.)
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-139045-1, ISBN: 0-14-139045-X






Mrs.Ames(6th Edition)
by E. F. Benson, Stephen Pile
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1984 by Random House Of Canada, Limited
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-7012-1903-1, ISBN: 0-7012-1903-3

"A must read for any fan of Benson's hugely popular 'Mapp and Lucia' series. Here we find ourselves in the small village of Riseholme, where all the rich have to do is gossip and vie for the position of supreme hostess. This is classic E. F. Benson dealing with the petty concerns of petty people, using his natural wit and humour. This novel, originally published in 1912, is being republished here together with a new introductory biograph ..."






MAPP AND LUCIA(Updated)
(BLACK SWAN S.)
by E.F. Benson, Ellis Peters
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1984 by Black Swan
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-552-99084-4, ISBN: 0-552-99084-1

"trade paperback vg++ condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse"






The Family Life of Ralph Josselin, a Seventeenth-Century Clergyman(Updated)
An Essay in Historical Anthropology (Norton Library (Paperback))
by Alan Macfarlane, E. F. Benson
Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 1977 by W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-00849-4, ISBN: 0-393-00849-5

"“The great merit of Macfarlane’s book is that it poses questions; it teaches historians to look very much more closely, and in new ways, at familiar evidence; it brings familiar relationships into the centre of scrutiny; and it offers, in a significant way, the unit of one man’s life, and of one man’s economic fortunes, as a focus of study.” ―E. P. Thompson, Midland History Ralph Josselin, vicar of Earls Colne in Essex from 1641 to his ..."






The Luck of the Vails(Updated)
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1986 by The Hogarth Press
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7012-0722-9, ISBN: 0-7012-0722-1

"On the eve of his twenty-first birthday, Harry Vail, twelfth baronet, discovers the chalice hidden in soft leather folds up in the attic. Little can he imagine, as he unwraps this unexpected gift, the birthday curse he is about to bring down upon his head. Set amid the rolling Wiltshire dales and the clattering, gaslit streets of London, The Luck of the Vails gradually reveals a long, bitter history of corruption and violence amongst th ..."






As We Were(1st Edition)
by E. F. Benson, Edward Frederic Benson
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1985 by Hogarth Press
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-7012-0588-1, ISBN: 0-7012-0588-1

"1986 Hogarth Press trade paperback, E.F. Benson (Across the Stream). Memories of late Victorian and Edwardian England -- Benson's recollection oddities and famous persons. - Goodreads"






Queen Lucia
(Paperback)
by E. F. Benson
Paperback, Published 2019 by Bibliotech Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-61895-602-6, ISBN: 1-61895-602-7



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