Rumpole of the Bailey
$22.12
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
4 April 2019
Summary
New to Penguin Modern Classics, the very first selection of stories featuring the irrepressible Rumpole.
Horace Rumpole, the old boy committed to defending the apparently indefensible, trusting of a jury, scornful of the law’s pomposities, appears here in a new edition of the 1978 iconic Rumpole debut.
This volume collects the much-loved stories ‘Rumpole and the Younger Generation’, ‘Rumpole and the Alternative Society’, ‘Rumpole and the Honourable Member’, ‘Rumpole and the Ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241398883 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241398886 |
| Author: | John Mortimer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 4 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 157g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole. – Clive James * Observer *Rumpole is worthy to join the great gallery of English oddballs ranging from Pickwick to Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. * Sunday Times *
About The Author
John Mortimer
Sir John Mortimer was a novelist, playwright and barrister. The first book featuring his most famous character, Horace Rumpole, was published by Penguin in 1980, and Mortimer went on to publish a dozen collections of Rumpole stories as well as a handful of novels, culminating in 2007 in RUMPOLE MISBEHAVES. He was knighted in 1998 for his services to the arts and died in January 2009.
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