Rumpole and the Golden Thread

the title story manages to weave old-fashioned morality, English legalese, colonialism, and the need for African independence into an inoffensive little mystery. but is that a valediction or a condemnation? this take on a loaded topic is certainly tasteful and wryly amusing. but should it be? in gene......more

I see that I do not have a shelf for humour. But what would I include except Wodehouse and Mortimer and Townsend? Horace Rumpole is an old barrister, the fancy name the English attach to a lawyer. He tells us of his little adventures in the Old Bailey. With a tiny dose of domestic troubles. At home h......more

This is my first Rumpole book. I saw the shows on PBS years ago and enjoyed those. The book was as good as the shows. I've got the DVDs and will start watching those.......more