Mapp and Lucia: Miss Mapp: Make Way for Luca (Audiobook)

from brenzi

Forty-ish Elizabeth Mapp, much like the heroine of the last book in this series, Lucia, places great stock in the latest news in her village of Tilling. The first person in possession of the latest tidbits has a tactical advantage over her neighbors. Therefore, she maintains a vigilant surveillan...

from starbox

Very well written, quite hilarious tale of a small town (based on Rye), the gossip, feuds, put-downs and efforts at one-upmanship by its residents. Queen of them is Miss Mapp, who spends her time spying on the neighbours and finding out their every doing- sometimes quite incorrectly. Benson's tur...

from rosalita

I don't understand why I love the residents of Riseholme and Tilling so much. They really are the most vapid, conniving, hidebound, silly snobs you could ever imagine, and Lucia and Miss Mapp are the worst of the bunch. And yet, when they do occasionally get their comeuppance, I can't help but fe...

from Eyejaybee

What a disappointment! I read 'Queen Lucia' earlier in the year and was entranced, and had looked forward to this book and the subsequent instalments in the series with great anticipation. This, however, proved to be lamentably wide of the mark.I found myself lumbering through cloying prose peopl...

from Eyejaybee

What a disappointment! I read 'Queen Lucia' earlier in the year and was entranced, and had looked forward to this book and the subsequent instalments in the series with great anticipation. This, however, proved to be lamentably wide of the mark. I found myself lumbering through cloying prose peo...