Here is Lucia in one of her most extraordinary adventures. Can she conquer her new home of London, and still hold her societal ground over the stately country mansion of Riseholme as well? Will the citizens of Riseholme - hurt and maddened by Lucia's desertion for the great city - carry out their plot of revenge?

(Key Words: Fiction, Novels, England, E. F. Benson, Irony, Humor, Nancy Mitford).