Lucia Revived (2013)

Lucia Revived is the twelfth novel in the Mapp and Lucia series (also known as Make Way for Lucia) written by Richard Ellis.

Synopsys
Lucia is back! Revived after a period of uncharacteristic slough. Emmeline Pilson, previously, Lucas, but known to all as Lucia sets out once again to raise the cultural horizons of her beloved Tilling. Her two key adjutants, her husband Georgie and friend Quaint Irene, are absent from her side leaving her exposed to the scheming and meddling of her old rival, Elizabeth Mapp-Flint. Whilst age has taken its toll on Georgie and Major Benjy, the womenfolk of Tilling are as active and acidic as ever. There is much for her to meddle in as Lucia sets out to establish an artistic Salon in Tilling. Muddles ensue as the two rivals clash. Irene returns with startling news and Georgie flits between Tilling and a rest home run by his loyal maid Foljambe. Meanwhile Elizabeth struggles with an ailing Major.