Rumpole's Return
Author: Mortimer, John
ISBN: 9780241474440
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 8mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'A fruity, foxy masterpiece, defender of our wilting faith in mankind' Sunday Times
Horace Rumpole - the rascally, Wordsworth-quoting Old Bailey hack - should be enjoying his retirement. Soaking unhappily in the Florida sun with his wife, Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed), it is safely assumed by all that Rumpole's wig has been hung up for good. But when a rather unkempt civil servant is mixed up in the mysterious death of a minor aristocrat, Rumpole seizes the opportunity to escape the life of leisure. He is soon back in court (via a budget airline) to do battle once more with Judge 'Mad Bull' Bullingham...
ISBN: 9780241474440
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 8mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'A fruity, foxy masterpiece, defender of our wilting faith in mankind' Sunday Times
Horace Rumpole - the rascally, Wordsworth-quoting Old Bailey hack - should be enjoying his retirement. Soaking unhappily in the Florida sun with his wife, Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed), it is safely assumed by all that Rumpole's wig has been hung up for good. But when a rather unkempt civil servant is mixed up in the mysterious death of a minor aristocrat, Rumpole seizes the opportunity to escape the life of leisure. He is soon back in court (via a budget airline) to do battle once more with Judge 'Mad Bull' Bullingham...
