"Horace Rumpole is the lovable, irreverent, claret-swigging, poetry-spouting criminal lawyer immortalized on TV. By the author of "Rumpole and the Golden Thread" and "In Character"."
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Rumpole Rests His Case by JohnMortimer, Tony Britton Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5113-0932-5, ISBN: 1-5113-0932-6
"There's a new wind blowing in this dazzling collection of new Rumpole stories: for the first time Rumpole finds himself appearing for an asylum-seeker at the Appeals Tribunal and, worst of all, his chambers have become a smoke-free zone. The stories are: "Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces," "Rumpole and the Remembrance of Things Past," "Rumpole and the Asylum Seekers," "Rumpole and the Camberwell Carrot," "Rumpole and the Actor Laddie, ..."
"Retirement is out of the question for the aging London barrister Horace Rumpole. He's back in another collection of delightful stories. In this collection of stories, Rumpole continues to juggle the vagaries of the law, the ambiguities of crime, and the contradictions of the human heart."
"Horace Rumpole cigar-smoking, claret-drinking, Wordsworth-spouting defender of some unlikely clients often speaks of the great murder trial, which revealed his talents as an advocate and made his reputation down at the Bailey when he was still a young man.Now, for the first time, the sensational story of the Penge Bungalow Murders case is told in full: how, shortly after the war, Rumpole took on the seemingly impossible task of defendin ..."
"This collection of six Rumpole stories shows the legendary advocate in top form.We last left Rumpole in his hospital bed after his sudden collapse in court. Now our hero finds himself in the Primrose Path nursing home or a hospice as he persists in describing it. Things aren't looking good for Rumpole until suddenly he begins to sense there's something wrong with the place, and all his intelligence and formidable insight into human beha ..."
"In this collection of Rumpole stories the comic, courageous, and corpulent "great defender of muddled and sinful humanity" is joined by a winning cast of villains and victims in tales whose wry humor and sparkling wit deftly send up the legal system. In Rumpole and the Angel of Death our hero achieves resounding triumphs over the forces of prejudice and mean-mindedness. Rumpole and the Way through the Woods involves Rumpole in the world ..."
Rumpole of the Bailey The Anti-Social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole 20 by JohnMortimer, Bill Wallis Cd, Published 2014 by Whodunit? Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4915-3771-8, ISBN: 1-4915-3771-X
"The delightfully unpredictable barrister, Horace Rumpole, returns for another adventure with the legal system. ASBOs may be the pride and joy of New Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole. He takes the old-fashioned view that if anyone is going to be threatened with a restriction of their liberty, then some form of legal proceeding ought to be gone through first. When one of the Timson children is given an ASBO for play ..."
"In these witty and comic stories, Horace Rumpole takes on a variety of clients and activities. He, of course, brings each case to a successful end, all the while quoting poetry and drinking claret."
Dunster by JohnMortimer, Martin Jarvis Cd, Published 2014 by Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4915-3776-3, ISBN: 1-4915-3776-0
"Highly acclaimed novelist John Mortimer presents a novel of friends and enemies for Philip Progmire, those two roles just happen to be filled by the same person.Dick Dunster and Philip Progmire have been friends since their days at school. They have also been adversaries. Progmire's thespian longings, nurtured since he was a university actor, are now submerged in his work as an accountant with Megapolis Television. Dunster is also at Me ..."
"Maggie Perowne is head of Old Masters at Klinsky's auction house in London. Ben Glazier is an art expert. Ben, not as young as he was, is inescapably in love with Maggie, but she has an unfortunate taste for such dubious men as the Hooray Henry in the wine department. Together Ben and Maggie form a crack team that blends integrity and professionalism with a keen eye for uncovering the mysterious circumstances surrounding priceless works ..."
"Lord Titmuss is still a figure with formidable influence in his constituency, but now the Conservatives face a difficult by-election after the strange death of the sitting Tory MP. Terry Flitton, the New Labour candidate, is confident of victory. But Titmuss seems to know a great deal about Terry, and quite a lot about the late and unmourned MP…. The Sound of Trumpets represents the triumphant completion of a political trilogy that bega ..."
"Horace Rumpole, whose court scenes are proverbial, and whose home is ruled by Mrs. Rumpole—She Who Must Be Obeyed—is back in these short stories: “Rumpole and the Man of God,” “Rumpole and the Showfolk,” “Rumpole and the Fascist Beast,” “Rumpole and the Case of Identity,” “Rumpole and the Course of True Love,” and “Rumpole and the Age for Retirement.”"
"Following the bestselling "Summer of a Dormouse," Sir John Mortimer playwright, novelist, octogenarian, and erstwhile QC offers up more lessons in living and growing old disgracefully. What would we like to leave to our descendants? Not a third-rate painting or our PEPS, according to Sir John, but a love of Shakespeare, a taste for alcohol, the ability to defeat boredom, the importance of never locking the lavatory door, and so on.Owing ..."
"Rumpole isn't particularly fond of Christmas; he finds it has a horrible habit of dragging on as he and She Who Must Be Obeyed go through the usual rituals in Froxbury Mansions.After the exchange of presents (lavender water for her, a tie for him) they settle down to a supermarket turkey with all the trimmings, followed by a glass of port. The only excitement comes in deciding whether to stand for the national anthem after the Queen's S ..."
"On England's green and pleasant land there are dark rumblings of concrete mixers, bulldozers and planning committees, local and ministerial. In Rapstone Manor, Lady Grace Fanner is dying, defiant to the last. Awaiting the event is the Right Honourable Leslie Titmuss MP, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Ecological Affairs and Planning (HEAP). He is alone now after the death of his wife, and the manor house becomes an essent ..."
"Affectionately known as the Chekhov of Coldsands-on-Sea, Felix Morsom enjoys writing about the thwarted hopes of genteel lives. His own existence, he reflects, is comfortable if uneventful, except for the flirtatious moments he shares with his publicist, the delicious Brenda Bodkin. Until he meets Gavin and Miriam.Suddenly he is on the run from PROD, the Parental Rights and Obligations Department, as Miriam announces he is the father of ..."
Summer's Lease by JohnMortimer, Martin Jarvis Cd, Published 2014 by Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4915-3802-9, ISBN: 1-4915-3802-3
"From the author of the highly acclaimed Horace Rumpole series comes an intriguing novel about a family's holiday in Italy that quickly is overshadowed by a strange sense of foreboding.…It’s high summer when Molly Pargeter drags her amiably bickering family to a rented Tuscan villa for the holidays. Molly is sure that the house is the perfect setting for their three-week getaway, but soon she becomes fascinated by the lives of the absent ..."
Rumpole of the Bailey Rumpole on Trial 13 by JohnMortimer, Timothy West Cd, Published 2014 by Whodunit? Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Sacd, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4915-3795-4, ISBN: 1-4915-3795-7
"Another entertaining collection featuring the poetry-quoting barrister Horace Rumpole In this work, Horace Rumpole returns to delight us with seven new cases. We find our hero jousting with the Devil, being wooed by a beautiful violin player, and even up before the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Bar Council."
"When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector's two sons react in very different ways. Henry, novelist and former "angry young man" turned grumpy old reactionary, decides to fight the will and prove their father was insane. Younger brother Fred, a mild-mannered country doctor, takes a different approach, quietly digging in Si ..."