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Au Reservoir: a New Mapp and Lucia Novel Free FREE AU RESERVOIR: A NEW MAPP AND LUCIA NOVEL PDF Guy Fraser-Sampson | 288 pages | 27 Mar 2014 | Elliott & Thompson Limited | 9781909653542 | English | London, United Kingdom AU RESERVOIR: A NEW MAPP AND LUCIA NOVEL By Guy Fraser-sampson **BRAND NEW** | eBay Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Three Cheers for Lucia! Three Cheers for Lucia! Benson's most enduring comic creations - Mapp and Lucia. In Tilling Hospital, Lucia lies in a coma, Au Reservoir: A New Mapp and Lucia Novel by her side, awaiting a stronger dose of penicillin. Will this be the answer to their prayers? Georgie also awaits the confirmation of his knighthood and Following on directly from Guy Fraser-Sampson's 'Au Reservoir', Ian Shepherd continues the story featuring E. Georgie also awaits the confirmation of his knighthood and the fortune of the Mapp-Flints is about to change for the better, following Mapp's discovery of a shocking secret. Readers of E. Benson's original books and those by Tom Holt Au Reservoir: A New Mapp and Lucia Novel Guy Fraser-Sampson will hopefully enjoy this new novel. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Three Cheers for Lucia! Be the first to ask a question about Three Cheers for Lucia! Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Three Cheers for Lucia! Apr 23, Stig rated it it was ok Shelves: books-in-englishhumour. I'm afraid I can only give this book two stars. There are lots of good ideas here, lots of incidents that could be explored and elaborated. Unfortunately they just remain incidents, and brief ones too, at that. I miss the elaborate scheming of the original books which is almost entirely missing. On the whole this novel is sadly w I'm afraid I can only give this book two stars. On the whole this novel is sadly without spark. A sequel has been announced; maybe that will be more entertaining. 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