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Queen Lucia

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)

Year of Publication: 1920Genres: Published 1900 onward

Running Time: 8 hours 45 minutes 06 seconds(16 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Martin Clifton

#	Chapter Name
	Chapter 01 Martin Clifton	35:39
	Chapter 02 Martin Clifton	31:57
	Chapter 03 Martin Clifton	25:57
	Chapter 04 Martin Clifton	33:54
	Chapter 05 Martin Clifton	27:01
	Chapter 06 Martin Clifton	42:13
	Chapter 07 Martin Clifton	40:27
	Chapter 08 Martin Clifton	39:59
	Chapter 09 Martin Clifton	23:43
	Chapter 10 Martin Clifton	29:43
	Chapter 11 Martin Clifton	37:24
	Chapter 12 Martin Clifton	44:12
	Chapter 13 Martin Clifton	37:39
	Chapter 14 Martin Clifton	32:56
	Chapter 15 Martin Clifton	31:25
	Chapter 16 Martin Clifton	10:56