Rumpole's Last Case
Author | : John Mortimer |
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Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Detective and mystery stories, English |
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Author | : John Mortimer |
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Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Detective and mystery stories, English |
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Author | : John Mortimer |
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Release | : 1988-04-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780147791566 |
Author | : John Mortimer |
Publisher | : Select Penguin |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1994-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780140126952 |
Author | : John Mortimer |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2002-07-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0141925558 |
Rumpole Rests His Case - seven hilarious stories starring John Mortimer's unforgettable barrister The comic, courageous, and corpulent Horace Rumpole reenters the fray in these seven fresh and funny stories in which the "great defender of muddled and sinful humanity" triumphs over the forces of prejudice and mean-mindedness while he tiptoes precariously through the domestic territory of his wife, Hilda-She Who Must Be Obeyed! With his passion for poetry, and a nose equally sensitive to the whiff of wrongdoing and the bouquet of a Château Thames Embankment, the lovable and disheveled Rumpole "is at his rumpled best" (The New York Times). These seven wonderful Rumpole stories will be loved by fans of John Mortimer, as well as readers of Sherlock Holmes, P.D. James and P.G. Wodehouse. 'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening Standard 'There is a truth in Rumpole that is told with brilliance and grace' Daily Telegraph 'Rumpole remains and absolute delight' The Times Sir John Mortimer was a barrister, playwright and novelist. His fictional political trilogy of Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets has recently been republished in Penguin Classics, together with Clinging to the Wreckage and his play A Voyage round My Father. His most famous creation was the barrister Horace Rumpole, who featured in four novels and around eighty short stories. His books in Penguin include: The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole; The Collected Stories of Rumpole; The First Rumpole Omnibus; Rumpole and the Angel of Death; Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders; Rumpole and the Primrose Path; Rumpole and the Reign of Terror; Rumpole and the Younger Generation; Rumpole at Christmas; Rumpole Rests His Case; The Second Rumpole Omnibus; Forever Rumpole; In Other Words; Quite Honestly and Summer's Lease.
Author | : John Mortimer |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2013-09-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0241968143 |
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 defending young Simon Jerold, accused of murdering his father and his father's friend with a German officer's gun. And how the inexperienced young brief was left alone to pursue the path of justice, in a case that was to echo through the Bailey for years to come.
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Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Television serials |
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Series 1:Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) is a down-at-heel yet brilliant barrister. Fond of quoting Wordsworth, he comes to the defence of shoplifting vicars, overly amorous teachers and many others who pass through the doors of the Old Bailey. Series 2:In this second series, Rumpole successfully clears a vicar of a shoplifting charge, proves a case of mistaken identity and defends a known Fascist on a charge under the Race Relations Act. Series 3:The third series sees Rumpole travel to the new African state of Neranga to defend the Minister for Home Affairs who has been charged with the murder of a high ranking Bishop. Back in the UK, he defends a client from a brother who is out to ruin him; outwits his old adversary, Judge Bullingham and recoups outstanding debts with the help of She Who Must Be Obeyed. All whilst apparently dead! Series 4:In this fourth series, Rumpole has such an argument with She who must be obeyed that he walks out. He defends an eccentric spinster accused of being a government whistle-blower and after an army sergeant is found stabbed to death wearing a womans dress, Rumpole is assigned to defend the accused murderer. And could it be Rumpoles last case when he makes exotic horse racing bet which will allow him to retire if he wins. Series 5:In this series, Horace Rumpoles clerk, Henry, is thinking of running off to Australia whilst She Who Must Be Obeyed decides its time for her to begin her own career in the legal profession. Rumpole defends his clergyman nephew in anecclesiastical court, against charges of adultery -of which the bishop takes a dim view. Seires 6:In this series, Rumpole agrees to defend an elitist restauranteur whom he dislikes when a mouse jumps out from one of the gourmet meals. All is not well at home either as She Who Must Be Obeyed goes on strike in the kitchen leaving the hungry barrister to his own devices for his dinners. Series 7:The 7th and final series of the multi award winning Rumpole of The Bailey. Rumpole is called to defend a family who is charged of being involved with devil worship and he finds himself in the unusual position of defending a police officer on a charge of falsifying a confession. Rumpole surprises She Who Must Be Obeyed with tickets for the Scales of Justice Ball and delights her when he leads her onto the dance floor. In the final episode Rumpole is charged with contempt of court and faces disbarment. All he has to do is apologise. But as always with Rumpole, its never going to be easy.
Author | : John Mortimer |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780670018307 |
His ire raised by a series of procedural abuses through which children have been imprisoned by neighborhood snobs without trial for innocent activities, barrister Horace Rumpole defends a youth who has been targeted for playing on a posh street, but his efforts are complicated by Rumpole's jokester colleagues. 60,000 first printing.
Author | : John Mortimer |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2004-11-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101006927 |
With Rumpole Rests His Case, legions of fans welcomed back the curmudgeonly London barrister they had loved for years?and they are eager for more. The six new stories in Rumpole and the Primrose Path find Horace Rumpole?despite a heart attack that left him at death?s door in the previous volume?deftly parrying everything from the admonitions of his wife, Hilda, to the vagaries of his legal colleagues and their new director of marketing, Luci. With her cell phone, corporate jargon, glossy brochures, and plans to give their chambers a new image, Luci presumes Rumpole is soon to expire, and has been planning his memorial service. But the witty and irreverent Rumpole, sharp as ever, is far from hanging up his wig!
Author | : John Mortimer |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2011-11-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101545879 |
John Mortimer—novelist, playwright, memoirist, and the author of more than eighty Rumpole short stories—will never be forgotten. While still a practicing barrister, Mortimer took up the pen, and the rest is literary history. His stories featuring the cigar-chomping, cheap-wine-tippling Rumpole and his wife, Hilda (aka "She Who Must Be Obeyed"), have justly earned their place in the pantheon of mystery fiction legends, becoming the basis for the very successful television series Rumpole of the Bailey. Bringing fourteen of Rumpole's most entertaining adventures (seven of which were collected in The Best of Rumpole) together with a fragment of a new story, Forever Rumpole proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Rumpole is never less than delightful.
Author | : John Mortimer |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
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ISBN | : 9780850485349 |