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Clinging to the Wreckage: A Part of Life by John Mortimer
$29.95 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
This is a Pre-read / used book. Good condition. Slight mark/foxing on side of page. The creator of the character of Rumpole, a playwright, the son who immortalized a parent in "A Voyage Round My Father", this book is the autobiography of John Mortimer. This book won the Yorkshire Post Book of the Y ...Show more
Forever Rumpole: The Best of the Rumpole Stories by Sir John Mortimer
$26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
These are the very best of the Rumpole stories. Over thirty years John Mortimer wrote around eighty Rumpole stories, as well as four Rumpole novels, as the greatest of all fictional lawyers went from defending wife-murderers to defending hunt-saboteurs and alleged Islamic terrorists. "Forever Rumpole" c ...Show more
Paradise Postponed (Penguin Decades) by John Mortimer
$29.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
"Penguin Decades" bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of ...Show more
Quite Honestly by John Mortimer
$49.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
Life couldn't be better for Lucinda Purefoy. Granted it's a little embarrassing, her father being the Bishop of Aldershot, but she's got a steady boyfriend, a degree in social sciences from Manchester University and the offer of a job in advertising. With all that, she felt she should pay back her debt ...Show more
Quite Honestly by John Mortimer
$27.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Life couldn't be better for Lucinda Purefoy. Granted it's a little embarrassing, her father being the Bishop of Aldershot, but she's got a steady boyfriend, a degree in social sciences and the offer of a job in advertising. With all this, she felt she should pay back her debt to society and do a littl ...Show more
Rumpole And The Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer
$37.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
Horace Rumpole - cigar-smoking, claret-drinking, Wordsworth-spouting defender of some unlikely clients - often speaks of the great murder trial which revealed his talents as an advocate and made his reputation down at the Bailey when he was still a young man. Now, for the first time, the sensational sto ...Show more
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer
$27.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Horace Rumpole - cigar-smoking, claret-drinking, Wordsworth-spouting defender of some unlikely clients - often speaks of the great murder trial which revealed his talents as an advocate and made his reputation down at the Bailey when he was still a young man.<brNow, for the first time, the sensationa ...Show more
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders: Popular Penguins by John Mortimer
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
John Mortimer's Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murderssees our eponymous hero tackle his first ever case. It is just after the war and two RAF heroes are found shot dead. Simon Jerold, the son of one of the victims, is the only suspect and young Rumpole is given the hopeless task of defending him. But R ...Show more
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer
$45.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
In the dark days of the war on terror, only one man can be counted on to fight injustice, defend the innocent, and insist on a fair and decent trial for all, contrary to New Labour's new anti-terrorism laws. Rumpole's wig may be yellowing at the roots, his gown might be in tatters, but the oldest inhabi ...Show more
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Justice isn't blind ? it's just a little short sighted and weak around the knees.. . His wig may be yellowing and his gown might be in tatters, but Rumpole will not give up the good fight - not while there's injustice to battle. When a distressed TiffanyTimson (of the infamous South London clan of ...Show more
Rumpole at Christmas by John Mortimer
$40.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Pantos, puds and a Father Christmas who isn't quite what he seems to be...Rumpole isn't particularly fond of Christmas - time has a horrible habit of hanging heavily on the hands as the usual rituals are observed: exchanging presents with She Who Must Be Obeyed (a tie for him; lavender water for her) be ...Show more
Rumpole's Return by John Mortimer
$21.51 NZD
$24.00 (10% off)
Category: Classic Fiction
'A fruity, foxy masterpiece, defender of our wilting faith in mankind' Sunday TimesHorace 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 R ...Show more