Rumpole's Return
$31.48
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2022
Summary
A fruity, foxy masterpiece, defender of our wilting faith in mankind - Sunday Times
Horace Rumpole - the rascally, Wordsworth-quoting Old Bailey hack - should be enjoying his retirement. Soaking unhappily in the Florida sun with his wife, Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed), it is safely assumed by all that Rumpole’s wig has been hung up for good. But when a rather unkempt civil servant is mixed up in the mysterious death of a minor aristocrat, Rumpole seizes the opportunity to escape the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241474440 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241474442 |
| Author: | John Mortimer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 138g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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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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