The Complete Mapp & Lucia: Volume One (Wordsworth Classics Book 1)
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Outrageously Pretentious, Hypocritical And Snobbish, Queen Lucia, ‘as By Right Divine’ Rules Over The Toy Kingdom Of ‘riseholme’ Based On The Cotswold Village Of Broadway. Her Long-suffering Husband Pepino Is ‘her Prince-consort’, The Outrageously Camp Georgie Is Her ‘gentleman-in-waiting’, And The Village Green Is Her ‘parliament’.
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Outrageously Pretentious, Hypocritical And Snobbish, Queen Lucia, ‘as By Right Divine’ Rules Over The Toy Kingdom Of ‘riseholme’ Based On The Cotswold Village Of Broadway. Her Long-suffering Husband Pepino Is ‘her Prince-consort’, The Outrageously Camp Georgie Is Her ‘gentleman-in-waiting’, And The Village Green Is Her ‘parliament’.
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