Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Mapp and Lucia head to the continent to lock horns in an idyllic Italian setting.
Lucia on Holiday
What you need to know before your trail
When arch-snob Emmeline Lucas (known universally as Lucia) makes some money on the stockmarket, the wheels are set in motion for a new adventure – and this time, her ambitions are larger than ever. But eternal rival Elizabeth Mapp-Flint is determined to outshine Lucia and she’s got royalty on her side.
Locations
Reset- Italy - Italian Lakes
- A: Lake Como
- B: Lake Como - Bellagio
- C: Lake Como - Bellagio - Hotel Metropole Bellagio
- D: Lake Lugano
Travel Guide
Lake Como – Bellagio
The Bugatti Royal
This was really intended to be owned just by royals. Only seven were built however as the Great Depression put paid to that
Four are currently on permanent exhibition in museum, and on two are held by private collectors. The seventh went missing in mysterious cirucrtamces and this book delves into that mystery.
Whilst the cars weren’t as popular as the makers had hoped, many were bought for use in the French railways. The engine managed to power to the engine whilst pulling a train so mage what they car makers had hoped had in mind.
And the Bugatti at the bottom of the lake? Yes, apparently true!
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Lucia on Holiday
Destination: Italian Lakes, Bellagio, Lake Como Author/Guide: Guy Fraser-Sampson Departure Time: 1920s/30s
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