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Rumpole Rests His Case is a 2002 collection of new short stories by John Mortimer about defence barrister Horace Rumpole. The stories were freshly written and not adapted from any previous scripts he had written for the Rumpole TV series (1978-1992).
- John Clifford Mortimer
- 2002
1. Jan. 2001 · With his passion for Wordsworth, his kindly disposition toward the defendant, and a nose equally sensitive to the whiff of wrongdoing and the bouquet of a Chateau Thames Embankment, the disheveled Rumpole is back and in impeccable form.
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- Paperback
The comic, courageous, and corpulent Horace Rumpole reenters the fray in these seven fresh and funny stories in which the “great defender of muddled and sinful humanity” triumphs over the forces of prejudice and mean-mindedness while he tiptoes precariously through the domestic territory of his wife, Hilda-She Who Must Be Obeyed!
- Paperback
Rumpole Rests His Case brings us seven fresh and funny stories in which Horace triumphs over the forces of prejudice and mean-mindedness while he tiptoes precariously through the domestic territory of his wife Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed).
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Rumpole Rests His Case - seven hilarious stories starring John Mortimer's unforgettable barrister.
11. Nov. 2002 · "Rumpole and the Camberwell Carrot" brings Rumpole into a case defending a Member of Parliament (MP) charged with drug use, and the tactics of a tabloid newspaper looking for a scandal. There is a side issue of a marital problem between Claude and Phillida, members of Chambers.
- Hardcover
- John Mortimer
The last story, "Rumpole Rests his Case," finds Rumpole in the hospital and advised to retire. But the next bed is occupied by a man accused of housebreaking, shot by the homeowner. Rumpole becomes involved, via investigator Fig Newton, in looking into the case.
