The First Rumpole Omnibus by John Mortimer - ISBN: 9780140067682
Paperback
Meet Rumpole: barrister, wit, and defender of the downtrodden.

The First Rumpole Omnibus

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  • Paperback

    560 pages

  • Release Date

    29 September 1983

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Summary

Who rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters, told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end, advised Guthrie Featherstone, Q.C. to adopt a more judicial attitude, returned in the tender gloaming of each evening - via Pommeroy’s and a glass of Chateau Fleet Street - to She Who Must Be Obeyed?

The answer is Horace Rumpole whose legal triumphs, plundering sorties into the ‘Oxford Book of English Verse’ and less-than-salubrious hat are celebrated here in this…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140067682
ISBN-10:014006768X
Author:John Mortimer
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:560
Release Date:29 September 1983
Weight:404g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 30mm
About The Author

John Mortimer

John Mortimer is a novelist, playwright and former practising barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels (Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets) featuring Leslie Titmuss - a character as brilliant as Rumpole. John Mortimer received a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998. He lives near Henley-on-Thames.

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