Rumpole and the Reign of Terror
by:
John Mortimer (author)
John Mortimer's bestselling barrister is back, in his most timely case yet Just in case Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders gave fans the impression that the Great Defender was resting on his laurels, his new case sends him at full sail into our panicky new world. Rumpole is asked to defend a...
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John Mortimer's bestselling barrister is back, in his most timely case yet Just in case Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders gave fans the impression that the Great Defender was resting on his laurels, his new case sends him at full sail into our panicky new world. Rumpole is asked to defend a Pakistani doctor who has been imprisoned without charge or trial on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. Meanwhile, on the home front, She Who Must Be Obeyed is threatening to share her intimate view of her husband in a tell-all memoir. The result is Rumpole at his most ironic and indomitable, and John Mortimer at his most entertaining.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143112587 (0143112589)
Publish date: October 30th 2007
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
Series: Rumpole of the Bailey omnibus (#14)
bookshelves: fraudio, amusing, play-dramatisation, published-2006, winter20092010 Read in December, 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...Another case for John Mortimer's foxy barrister. Blurb - If one man can be counted on to fight injustice and insist on a fair and decent trial for ever...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007w0j2/Afternoon_Play_Rumpole_and_the_Reign_of_Terror_Truth_Makes_All_Things_Plain/Another case for John Mortimer's foxy barrister. Blurb - If one man can be counted on to fight injustice and insist on a fair and decent trial for everyone, whatever their circum...
Rumpole is always fun. This one is extra fun as it has some chapters of Hilda Rumpole's memoirs, and more Hilda is an excellent thing. Sometimes, Mortimer's crusty old man attitudes, the attractive young woman, in this case Mrs Tiffany Khan nee Timson, the generally male accused who doesn't know wha...
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