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29 reviews
John Mortimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

Rumpole as usual
Now this is how a mystery is done. There are several seemingly unconnected threads which come together effortlessly at the end. Rumpole is his usual sarcastic self. He's still irking judges and smoking small cigars. The book also brings up some very good points about the War on Terror ongoing in the U.S. and the U.K. Rumpole is the liberal view, willing to give his Pakistani client a chance. ...

Rumpole and the Primrose Path

20 reviews
John Mortimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004

Another Great Rumpole Tale
I love Rumpole. I've loved all of Mortimer's Rumpole books and this is no exception. I wouldn't suggest starting with this one. Perhaps one of the omnibuses instead. But this one is still awesome and a worthy addition to anyone's library.

Summer's Lease

9 reviews
John Mortimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991

ALMOST LIKE A TRIP TO CHIANTISHIRE!
I read this book because I saw the Masterpiece Theatre production on TV in the early nineties and fell in love with the characters and the story. This is the type of detective mystery novel where one can truly relate to the detective as she is an average person with a highly developed sense of curiosity. While I shared Molly's intense curiosity about her absent landlord and her outrage at the so ...

Rumpole and the Primrose Path (BBC Radio Collection)
John Mortimer

BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2003

This release comprises four 45 minute BBC Radio 4 plays adapted by John Mortimer from four stories in his collection, "Rumpole and the Primrose Path". Rumpole is a wine-imbibing friend of the South London criminal classes, and the scourge of all QCs. Acting as narrator, he tells a series of stories involving legal chicanery, criminal derring-do and startling coincidence, spiced with a modicum of domestic strife at home.

The First Rumpole Omnibus (Rumpole)

14 reviews
John Mortimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1984

Horace Rumpole, no silk-stockinged Q.C.
Horace Rumpole presents himself as just an Old Bailey hack doing run-of-the-mill burglary defenses and the odd car-heist case. In reality he defends the best in the Anglo-American legal traditions against modern forces (for example, the presumption of innocence) - and this was written 20+ years ago! Rumpole is the lovable defender of the average man and foe to all stick-in-the-muds. His motto ...

The Third Rumpole Omnibus (Rumpole)

13 reviews
John Mortimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998

Wonderful, witty, urbane fiction
The Rumpole books are wonderfully entertaining and well-written mysteries that revolve around an aging English lawyer named Rumpole. For readers not familiar with the author, John Mortimer, and this series of short stories and novels revolving around Rumpole, the central character, I offer the following introduction. The author, Mortimer, was an English lawyer who also is well known for his ...

Rumpole Misbehaves: A Novel (Rumpole Novels)

25 reviews
John Mortimer

Viking Adult, 2007

Rumpole Rules!
Rupole and his creator John Mortimer continue to reign as the principal heirs to the mantle of P. G. Wodehouse.

Rumpole Rests His Case

8 reviews
John Mortimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003

He's baaack!
After a long hiatus, John Mortimer brings back the venerable Horace Rumpole, everyone's favourite (he deserves an English spelling) crochety, cheroot-chomping lawyer. For fans of the series, She Who Must Be Obeyed, FIG Newton, the Timsons, and Chateu Thames Embankment are all back. And as ever, in this collection of cases, Rumpole does not always emerge victorious. This batch of cases is ...

The Second Rumpole Omnibus (Rumpole)

7 reviews
John Mortimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988

More of the Great Rumpole
Horace Rumpole presents himself as just an Old Bailey hack doing run-of-the-mill burglary defenses and the odd car-heist case. In reality he defends the best in the Anglo-American legal traditions against modern forces (for example, the presumption of innocence) - and this was written 20+ years ago! Rumpole is the lovable defender of the average man and foe to all stick-in-the-muds. His motto ...

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

46 reviews
John Mortimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005

Rumpole on the rise
The seminal case of Rumpole's career! Rumpole's long association with bloodstains, the Timson clan of villains, C.H. Wystan and his daughter Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed), all start in the case of the Penge Bungalow Murders. A must for fans of Rumpole!

Rumpole of the Bailey

8 reviews
John Clifford Mortimer

Armchair Detective Library, 1991

The splendours and miseries of an old Bailey hack!
In "Rumpole of the Bailey", John Mortimer has served up a veritable smorgasbord of short snappy tales that are the very best that British courtroom humour has to offer. Whether it's criminal trials in the old Bailey or civil trials in Chancery division, Horace Rumpole takes on all comers with a trademarked irreverent disdain for the sanctity of the law, the court, the judiciary and his learned ...

Rumpole on Trial (Mystery Masters Series)

9 reviews
John Clifford Mortimer

Audio Partners, 2002

7 short, comedic, courtroom stories
This volume is a collection of 7 Rumpole short stories. Rumpole is a practicing lawyer in London created by ex-lawyer John Mortimer. This is a long-running series of books that are still being written. An excellent BBC series starring the late Leo McKern is also available. Rumpole has become a classic character and Mortimer's books are compared favorably with Wodehouse and other such ...

Clinging to the Wreckage

3 reviews
John Mortimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1984

Mortimer remembered...
CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE is the first of John Mortimer's three-part autobiography (to date--as of 2001 he is 83 years of age and going strong). Mortimer is known to BBC/PBS fans as the multi-talened writer who developed the screenplays for the TV series BRIDESHEAD REVISITED based on Evelyn Waugh's book of the same name; creator of Rumpole, Queen's Counsel (QC) for the underdog; and author of many ...

The Trials of Rumpole
John Mortimer

Armchair Detective Library, 1991

This time the judge-debunking barrister-at-law is embroiled with a minister accused of shoplifting, an actress accused of murder, and a racist candidate for Parliament--all served up in typical Rumpole style. 5 cassettes.

Where There's a Will: Thoughts on the Good Life

9 reviews
John Mortimer

Viking Adult, 2005

Elegant, wise, and humorously self-effacing
I should first confess my bias--I have often been tickled and sometimes awed by Mortimer's way with English prose for 20 years. So, in picking up this book I had the high expectations one might have before meeting an old friend or beloved teacher. No disappointment. Even if some of these essays are slightly less effervescent than others, all are at least wonderful, and several are both ...

Murder at Christmas: And Other Stories (Signet)
John Mortimer, Julian Symons, ...

Signet, 1991

This unique anthology of 12 compelling mysteries of Christmas and murder spotlights well-known, bestselling mystery writers such as John Mortimer, James Powell, Alice Scanlan Reach, Julian Symons, Georges Simenon, and others. Perfect for mystery fans who love solving mistletoe mayhem.

Rumpole Rests His Case

15 reviews
John Mortimer

Viking Adult, 2002

The first new volume of Rumpole stories in six years
Mortimer brings the first new volume of Rumpole stories in six years, returning the comic British legal defender to modern times with seven new, funny stories of his court appearances. Familiarity with prior Rumpole accounts is not required but will enhance enjoyment of this latest series of episodes.

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