
Trials of Rumpole
by John Mortimer
Title:
Trials of Rumpole
Author:
John Mortimer
Series (if any):
Penguin Modern Classics
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
208 pages
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780241474433
EAN:
9780241474433
Publication Date:
25/03/2021
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
272
Dimensions (mm):
128 x 197 x 19
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
''I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole'' Clive JamesHorace Rumpole, the irrepressible barrister fuelled by cigars, Tennyson, steak-and-kidney pud and the cooking claret from Pommeroy''s wine bar, is back for further misadventures. Amid an unfortunate and temporary downturn in London crime, the Old Bailey Hack sits in Chambers (he never writes at home for fear of She Who Must Be Obeyed) and picks up his pen to recount six classic tales of his recent trials. Here he deals with, among others, a clergyman on a shoplifting rampage, a backstage theatrical murder, a villain with unfortunate sartorial taste and, worst of all, the possibility that he may have to hang up his wig and retire. ''Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal'' P. D. James





























