Queen Lucia
by E. F. Benson | 
Miss Mapp
by E. F. Benson | 
Jane and Prudence
by Barbara Pym | 
The Queen and I
by Sue Townsend |
Trouble for Lucia
by E. F. Benson |
The Provincial Lady in America
by E. M. Delafield |
The Provincial Lady Goes Further
by E. M. Delafield | 
The Hippopotamus
by Stephen Fry | 
The Liar
by Stephen Fry |
Diary of a Provincial Lady
by E. M. Delafield |
Lucia's Progress
by E. F. Benson | 
A Glass of Blessings
by Barbara Pym | 
The Rachel Papers
by Martin Amis | 
Therapy
by David Lodge | 
Lucia in London
by E. F. Benson |
Lucia Triumphant
by Tom Holt |
Lucia in Wartime
by Tom Holt | 
Post Office
by Charles Bukowski | 
Right Ho, Jeeves
by P. G. Wodehouse | 
Summer Lightning
by P. G. Wodehouse |
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 weapons garden parties, bridge evenings and charming teas, the two combatants strive to outcharm each other - and the whole of Tilling society - as they vie for the position of doyenne of the town.