Rumpole and the Reign of Terror
Author: Mortimer, John
ISBN: 9780141025704
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Oct 2007
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
Rumpole keeps his head while all around him threaten to lose theirs . .
Justice isn't blind - it's just a little short sighted and weak around the knees ...
A Rumpole novel which takes on New Labour and the Timson family, and includes extracts from the memoirs of Hilda Rumpole, aka She Who Must Be Obeyed ... Tiffany Timson's new husband Mahmoud Khan, is arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Rumpole is frustrated in his defence campaign by New Labour laws that render the British legal system a farce - defending a suspected terrorist proves a tricky task even for the great defender ... He insists upon a fair trial, and his fight for justice brings him into confrontation not only with Hilda, but with the leaders of New Labour ...
ISBN: 9780141025704
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Oct 2007
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
Rumpole keeps his head while all around him threaten to lose theirs . .
Justice isn't blind - it's just a little short sighted and weak around the knees ...
A Rumpole novel which takes on New Labour and the Timson family, and includes extracts from the memoirs of Hilda Rumpole, aka She Who Must Be Obeyed ... Tiffany Timson's new husband Mahmoud Khan, is arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Rumpole is frustrated in his defence campaign by New Labour laws that render the British legal system a farce - defending a suspected terrorist proves a tricky task even for the great defender ... He insists upon a fair trial, and his fight for justice brings him into confrontation not only with Hilda, but with the leaders of New Labour ...
