Queen Lucia

"The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other."

In 1920, Lucia Lucas presides over the quaint English village of Risenholme. A paragon of taste and culture, Lucia's position as queen of her little kingdom is thrown into doubt by the arrival of Mrs Quantock's Indian guru.

A classic comedy of manners, the novel remains as hilarious and beloved as when it was first published in 1920. An immediate success, Queen Lucia was followed by several further volumes featuring Mapp and Lucia.