---
title: Lucia in London
Metadescription: Chapter by chapter summaries of what happens in all eleven, each one linking straight to the full text.
author: E.F. Benson
chapters: 11
canonical: https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london
---

Token estimate: ~1,200

# Lucia in London

E.F. Benson

- [Chapter One](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-01) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-01.md)) - Pepino inherits a Brompton Square house and three thousand a year, and Georgie and Daisy Quantock weigh what Lucia will do with it.
- [Chapter Two](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-02) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-02.md)) - Pepino inherits a house at 25 Brompton Square, and Lucia announces they will spend the season in London, embracing Stravinski and the wireless.
- [Chapter Three](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-03) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-03.md)) - Lucia and Pepino leave Riseholme for London, and Daisy Quantock's Abfou planchette prompts her and Georgie to found a Riseholme Museum.
- [Chapter Four](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-04) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-04.md)) - Georgie stays with Olga for the first night of Lucrezia, and Lucia waylays her outside her door to force her way into the after-party.
- [Chapter Five](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-05) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-05.md)) - Lucia brings a London party to Riseholme and ignores the locals, then Olga arrives with Princess Isabel and lunches with Georgie instead.
- [Chapter Six](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-06) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-06.md)) - Riseholme snubs Lucia for parading her London guests, as Daisy Quantock, Mrs Boucher and Georgie all decline her invitations.
- [Chapter Seven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-07) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-07.md)) - Lucia recruits Stephen Merriall as a pretend lover for the cachet, while Adele and Tony form a secret society of Luciaphils to follow her career.
- [Chapter Eight](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-08) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-08.md)) - Lucia retreats to Riseholme feigning complete rest after Marcia Whitby leaves her off the ball list, then races back when the invitation arrives
- [Chapter Nine](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-09) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-09.md)) - At Adele's country house party Lucia mistakes Stephen's room for her own at midnight, and both freeze in horror before feigning a lovers' quarrel.
- [Chapter Ten](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-10) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-10.md)) - Lucia decides to sell her London house, secretly learns golf to beat Daisy Quantock, and returns Lady Ambermere's stuffed dog Pug to the Museum.
- [Chapter Eleven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-11) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucia-in-london/chapter-11.md)) - Lucia's planchette spirit Vittoria foretells fire, water and moonlight, then Daisy's oil stoves burn down the Riseholme Museum overnight.

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## Forthcoming

**The Rise of Lucia** by Dan Edwards

The nineteen-year-old Emmeline Smith, before she became the formidable Lucia. A prequel to E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia series.

[Read an extract](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia-prequel/chapter-01) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia-prequel/chapter-01.md))

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