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Lynda Reiss
(The Stable Shop Gallery)

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You can order the book online from the following bookstore:
Amazon.com (US): Paperback

First published 1985
Publisher: ?
ISBN: 0-06055-003-1 and 0-33340-247-2
192 pages.

Lucia In Wartime
This books is out of print.
A sequel to E. F. Benson's Lucia series, havn't read it myself.

If you have read this book and have written down your thoughts, please mail me the location of your review and I will link it from here.

Joanna Danemans' review of this book, 14th February 2003

I HAVE read Lucia in Wartime. Holt really captures
Benson's delightful prose. Georgie, however, succeeds
in getting out from under Lucia's thumb as never
before. 

Because of the war, the Mallards domestic staff has
been redeployed to munitions work. After a few
episodes of slate-like toast and other unsatisfactory
viands, Georgie descends to the kitchen to take
matters in hand, armed with a slim volume entitled
"Cooking for Gentlefolk." Georgie, whose artistic
leanings hitherto were more along the lines of washy
sketches and colorful woolwork, finds a hidden talent;
he is a genius in the kitchen. Not only a genius, but
one who is able to conjure up sorbets, Lobster a al
Riseholm and other treats despite the severity of
rationing. In fact he is so clever, he gets his own
radio show in London to share his recipes for Cornbeef
a la Riseholm and Parsnip and Potato Pie.

Meanwhile, Lucia schemes for social prominence amongst
the officers and gentlemen.

A real delight, with a charming ending.

Joanna