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Rumpole of the Bailey is a series of books created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer based on the television series Rumpole of the Bailey.

Rumpole of the Bailey is a series of books created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer based on the television series Rumpole of the Bailey. Mortimer adapted his television scripts into a series of short stories and novels starting in 1978. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) (adaptations of the scripts of all six stories in TV Season One). Rumpole and the Younger Generation". Rumpole and the Alternative Society".

In this first title of the popular series featuring Rumpole, all of. .Mortimer has created one of the legendary fictional detectives'a barrister as much a detective as Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot. 'Boston Sunday Globe.

In this first title of the popular series featuring Rumpole, all of the major characters who occupy the Rumpole stories make their introductions: the sneaky, slightly effeminate Erskine-Brown, the bumbling Guthrie Featherstone and various and sundry other lawyers and clerks whose lives weave in and out of these stories. These six stories include the Younger Generation, the Alternative Society, the Honourable Member, the Married Lady, the Learned Friends, and the Heavy Brigade.

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an elderly London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs. The TV series led to the stories being presented in other media including books and radio. The "Bailey" of the title is a reference to the Central Criminal Court, the "Old Bailey".

Horace Rumpole is a barrister who typically tries his cases in London's Old Bailey

Horace Rumpole is a barrister who typically tries his cases in London's Old Bailey  . Horace Rumpole is a barrister who typically tries his cases in London's Old Bailey. The early short story collections in this series were adapted from screenplays of the television series.

Rumpole of the Bailey Paperback – February 28, 1980. by. John Mortimer (Author). Find all the books, read about the author, and more. John Mortimer is a playwright, novelist, and former practicing barrister who has written many film scripts as well as stage, radio, and television plays, the Rumpole plays, for which he received the British Academy Writer of the Year Award, and the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. He is the author of twelve collections of Rumpole stories and three acclaimed volumes of autobiography.

Rumpole of the Bailey. Rumpole of the Bailey. Mortimer, John, 1923-2009. Rumpole, Horace (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, English, Legal stories, English. Harmondsworth ; New York : Penguin Books. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books. Delaware County District Library (Ohio).

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John Mortimer - Rumpole 1 - Rumpole of The Bailey. Contents Rumpole and the Younger Generation Rumpole and the Alternative Society Rumpole and the Honourable Member Rumpole and the Married Lady Rumpole and the Learned Friends Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade.

This is the first of John Mortimer's books about the barrister Horace Rumpole, defender of the .

This is the first of John Mortimer's books about the barrister Horace Rumpole, defender of the downtrodden, an expert in bloodstains and typewriters, the successful advocate in the defence of the Penge Bungalow Murders (alone and without a leader), and regular quoter of the Oxford Book of English Verse (the Arthur Quiller-Couch version). Rumpole is to the world of criminal law what James Bond is to international espionage.

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