Rumpole

Name: Rumpole
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: John Mortimer
ISBN: 9781470846770

Author: John Mortimer

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 08/24/2012

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British

Synopsis

Here are six delightful tales featuring everyones favorite barrister for the defense, Horace Rumpole. Eccentric characters such as his wife, Hilda, otherwise known as She Who Must Be Obeyed, and his philandering colleague Claude Erskine-Brown are back as Rumpole visits a snooty restaurant where he engages in a battle of wills over his adored mashed spuds, takes the unaccustomed role of prosecutor, and venturesunwillinglyonto a ship, where he confronts, of all things, a detective novelist. Included are Rumpolela Carte, Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent, Rumpole and the Right to Silence, Rumpole at Sea, Rumpole and the Quacks, and Rumpole for the Prosecution. This masterly blend of humor and mystery makes for irresistible listening.

About John Mortimer

John Mortimer (1923–2009) was a playwright, novelist, and barrister. He wrote many radio, film, and television scripts, including the British television series Rumpole of the Bailey, and won the British Academy Writer of the Year Award in 1979. He retired from the bar in 1984 and was knighted in 1998.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nigeyb on June 20, 2022

Rumpole on Trial (1992) is a collection of seven stories featuring everybody’s favourite barrister Rumpole of the Bailey These stories embrace many of our favourite characters from 3 Equity Court: 'Soapy' Ballard, QC Philida and her husband, Claude Erskine-Brown, he of the wandering eye and thwarted......more

Goodreads review by Bill on July 04, 2021

Rumpole on Trial is the 9th collection of Rumpole short stories by English author, John Mortimer. It's the 5th collection I've enjoyed so far. Mortimer is reliable, humorous, tells entertaining stories. Rumpole is a barrister working out of a practice (Chambers) at 3 Equity Court; headed by 'Soapy' B......more

Goodreads review by Enhee on April 29, 2020

4.5 - Хөөрхөн богино өгүүллэгүүд байна. Гол дүр болох хижээл насны чадварлаг, хөгжилтэй өмгөөлөгч Rumpole-н үйлчлүүлэгчдээ ямар байдлаар өмгөөлж, ялаас мулталж байгаа талаар өгүүлнэ. Эхнэрийгээ “she who must be obeyed” гээд нэрлэчихэж тэгээд эхнэрийнхээ төлөө бүжиглэж сурлаа, сонгодог хөгжмийн тогло......more

Goodreads review by Srivani on September 17, 2012

Rumpole never disappoints.......more