"This compilation of witty mysteries captures John Mortimer?s deft writing. Rumpole a la Carte, a delightful discourse on the British legal system, takes us from a restaurant battle over Rumpole?s mashed spuds to a confrontation with a detective-novelist on a ship. The zany yarns of Rumpole on Trial are ingenious: devil worshippers, Juvenile Court, a mysterious seductress searching for a barrister to defend her husband for a murder not y ..."
"Rumpole is everyone's favorite defense barrister: he is a fearless tamer of judges who is kept in order only by She Who Must Be Obeyed. A rumbustious defender of the faith, Rumpole is known, not surprisingly, as something of a character. His exploits at the Old Bailey - and elsewhere - are an unsurpassable blend of eloquence, wit, cynicism, and experience. This volume of John Mortimer's favorite Rumpole stories contains some of the bluf ..."
"Christopher Kennet's home and marriage have been comfortably stable for the past 25 years. But when his estranged son Kit does something extraordinary with the property of a valued client, Christopher must leave his comfortable life behind, and enter his son's dark, sinister world."
"pp. 260, "Throughout John Mortimer's career, he established profound friendships with people accused of various crimes. He also indulged his passion for writing, penning Paradise Postponed and a series of stories about Rumpole, for whom he was often mistaken. With wit, wisdom and tenderness he has written the story of his life""
"This was Fred Timson, wearing a dark suit with a striped tie and looking more
than ever like a senior member of the old Serious Crimes Squad. I found him a
drink, put it into his hand and told him how glad I was he could find time for us."
"260 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout, the only exception are a couple light marks on back of jacket. Six New Tales Of The Wordsworth-loving Cigar-ssmoking, Irresposible Pillar Of The British Legal System. Horace Rumpole. And For The Very First Time, Hilda, She Who Must Be Obeyed, Tells A Story All Of Her Own."
"A brilliant new novel from the author of the bestselling Paradise Postponed and the Rumpole stories. Philip Progmire once wanted to become an actor but now labors as an accountant for Megapolis Television. His friend and nemesis is Dick Dunster, a cocksure journalist who has already sabotaged Philip's acting career and marriage. Now the inescapable Dunster threatens his job as well."
"Mortimer's establishment-tweaking, claret-loving barrister Horace Rumpole is back--solving crimes, quoting poetry, and valiantly coping with the love of his life. "She Who Must Be Obeyed". In six mini-mysteries, Rumpole divulges the inner workings of the British justice suystem and some surprising tidbits about those who toil there."
Felix In the Underworld(Updated) by Sir JohnMortimer Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by Penguin Putnam~Trade ISBN-13: 978-0-14-024577-6, ISBN: 0-14-024577-4
"Satirisk roman rettet mod forfatterrollen og forlagsverdenen."
"(The first-ever Rumpole story, introducing many of the characters and setting the scene for the whole series. In reminiscent mood, Horace Rumpole, barrister, looks back to his successful defence of 16-year-old Jim Timson, member of a large and industrious family of south London) "
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Rumpole And the Angel of Death(Updated) Rumpole And the Model Prisoner; Rumpole And the Way Through the Woods; Hilda's Story; Rumpole And the Little Boy Lost; ... Rights of Man; Rumpole And the Angel of Death Mortimer, John by Sir JohnMortimer, John Clifford Mortimer Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1996 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-025073-2, ISBN: 0-14-025073-5