Mapp & Lucia Collection The: Volume 2

This collection features unabridged recordings of the final three novels in E.F. Benson's beloved Mapp and Lucia series. Mapp and Lucia: Widowed for almost a year Lucia has been deeply mourning her much-loved husband Peppino. Returning to society Lucia is horrified to discover that she has been edged off her pedestal - and learns to her horror that Daisy Quantock is to take over her role of queen of the village fete! When a fuming Lucia decamps to the village of Tilling how will she fare against her new opponent - Miss Mapp? Lucia's Progress: With Lucia's fiftieth birthday looming she takes stock of her life's achievements - and finds them lacking. Determined to take up a new pursuit and decides to stand for the Town Council. However as Lucia dives into the world of electioneering her rival Miss Mapp - now Mrs Mapp-Flint - remains dedicated to thwarting her ambitions. . . Trouble for Lucia: Now Mayor of Tilling - and married to Georgie Pillson - Lucia must select her Mayoress. In the name of holding one's friends close and one's enemies even closer she opts for her rival Elizabeth Mapp-Flint hoping to keep her muzzled by gratitude. Meanwhile Lucia is kept busy with local politics swooping through the village on her bicycle and attending a peculiar séance. . . Narrated by Prunella Scales and Lisa Daniely this collection brings to life E.F. Benson's comic tales of marriage mishaps and mayhem.