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The Trials of Rumpole is a collection of short stories by John Mortimer adapted from scripts for his TV series about Horace Rumpole. The stories are: "Rumpole and the Man of God" "Rumpole and the Showfolk" "Rumpole and the Fascist Beast" "Rumpole and the Case of Identity" "Rumpole and the Course of True Love" "Rumpole and the Age for ...
English. Rumpole and the man of God -- Rumpole and the showfolk -- Rumpole and the Fascist beast -- Rumpole and the case of identity -- Rumpole and the course of true love -- Rumpole and the age for retirement. Access-restricted-item.
John Mortimer vuelca en «Los juicios de Rumpole» toda la maestría de los misterios de Agatha Christie y los envuelve del ácido sarcasmo de P.G. Wodehouse para dar lugar a una de las sagas detectivescas más importantes de todos los tiempos.
1 de ene. de 2001 · The Trials of Rumpole. John Mortimer. 4.10. 930 ratings79 reviews. The iconoclastic Horace Rumpole returns in a collection of six tales in which the irreverent barrister takes on a half-dozen memorable cases. Genres FictionMysteryHumorShort StoriesCrimeLawComedy. ...more. 205 pages, Hardcover. First published January 1, 1979.
Amid an unfortunate and temporary downturn in London crime, the Old Bailey Hack sits in Chambers (he never writes at home for fear of She Who Must Be Obeyed) and picks up his pen to recount...
20 de ene. de 2012 · Crusty British barrister Horace Rumpole continued defending his clients, irritating he fellow members of his chambers and his wife Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed), and skewering pompous judges in this second collection of short stories.
Horace Rumpole—who never prosecutes, whose fame rests on an infinite knowledge of blood and typewriters, whose court scenes are proverbial, whose home is ruled by Mrs. Rumpole (“She Who Must Be Obeyed”)—is back on the defense, as irreverent, as iconoclastic, as claret-swilling, poetry-spouting, impudent, witty, and cynical as ever.
