Queen Lucia

"Queen Lucia" (1920) is the first volume of E. F. Benson's 6-novel series, "Mapp and Lucia". It is a comedy of manners set in the provincial town of Riseholme (Lincolnshire). Emmeline Lucas rules local society with the help of her friend Georgie Pillson, a position she fiercely protects from her rival Daisy Quantock. But this very situation is at risk when a scandal breaks out and a famous prima donna arrives in the sleepy old hamlet.