When the Young Turks came into power, they proclaimed that they were going to weld the Ottoman Empire into one homogeneous and harmonious whole. But by a piece of brilliant paradoxical reasoning, says Mr. Benson, Germany determined that it was she who was going to do it for them... The process resulted in the first Genocide of the Twentieth Century, the Armenian Genocide, as well as countless massacres and atrocities towards other Ottoman minorities, the Greeks, Arabs, Assyrians, Bulgarians...
When the Young Turks came into power, they proclaimed that they were going to weld the Ottoman Empire into one homogeneous and harmonious whole. But b...
Edward Frederic Benson was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. One of E.F. Benson principal novel is Miss Mapp from his Mapp and Lucia series, which serialized by commercial television in the 1980s under the series title "Mapp and Lucia." The principal setting of which is a town called Tilling, which is recognizably based on Rye, East Sussex, where Benson lived for many years and served as Mayor. He also lived at 25 Brompton Square, London, where much of the action of Lucia in London takes place.
Edward Frederic Benson was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called ...
Make way for Lucia is a series of novels written by E.F Benson. They feature hilarious incidents in the lives of upper-middle class people in the 1920s and 30s. The characters vie for social standing in an extremely snobby world. In the series the two main characters - sophisticated Lucia and frumpy Miss Mapp compete with each other and have to extricate themselves from a series of social disasters in comical style.
The novels are: Queen Lucia (1920) Miss Mapp (1922) The Male Impersonator (a short story) Lucia in London (1927) Mapp and Lucia (1931) Lucias Progress (1935) (published in the...
Make way for Lucia is a series of novels written by E.F Benson. They feature hilarious incidents in the lives of upper-middle class people in the 1920...
Miss Mapp was written by E.F Benson in 1922. It is part of a series of novels that feature hilarious incidents in the lives of upper-middle class people in the 1920s and '30s. The characters vie for social standing in an extremely snobby world. In the series the two main characters - sophisticated Lucia and frumpy Miss Mapp compete with each other and have to extricate themselves from a series of social disasters in comical style. This book also includes a Miss Mapp short story called "The Male Impersonator"
Miss Mapp was written by E.F Benson in 1922. It is part of a series of novels that feature hilarious incidents in the lives of upper-middle class peop...
Queen Lucia was written by E.F Benson in 1920. It is the first book in a series of novels that feature hilarious incidents in the lives of upper-middle class people in the 1920s and 30s. The characters vie for social standing in an extremely snobby world. In the series the two main characters - sophisticated Lucia and frumpy Miss Mapp compete with each other and have to extricate themselves from a series of social disasters in comical style.
Queen Lucia was written by E.F Benson in 1920. It is the first book in a series of novels that feature hilarious incidents in the lives of upper-middl...
Make way for Lucia is a series of novels written by E.F Benson. They feature hilarious incidents in the lives of upper-middle class people in the 1920s and '30s. The characters vie for social standing in an extremely snobby world. In the series the two main characters - sophisticated Lucia and frumpy Miss Mapp compete with each other and have to extricate themselves from a series of social disasters in comical style. The novels are: Queen Lucia (1920), Miss Mapp (1922), The Male Impersonator (a short story), Lucia in London (1927), Mapp and Lucia (1931), Lucia's Progress (1935) (published in...
Make way for Lucia is a series of novels written by E.F Benson. They feature hilarious incidents in the lives of upper-middle class people in the 1920...
E F Benson was a prolific writer, producing over a hundred books. He is perhaps most well-known for his mysteries and tales of the supernatural as well as the comic Mapp and Lucia series. This collection includes a variety of fiction stories - Across the Stream (spiritualism), The Blotting Book (mystery), Collected Short Stories (variety), Paying Guests (precursor to Mapp and Lucia), Mrs Ames (similar to Mapp and Lucia) and a collection of Spook Stories.
E F Benson was a prolific writer, producing over a hundred books. He is perhaps most well-known for his mysteries and tales of the supernatural as wel...
