Rumpole Rests His Case

Rumpole Rests His Case - seven hilarious stories starring John Mortimer's unforgettable barrister

The comic, courageous, and corpulent Horace Rumpole reenters the fray in these seven fresh and funny stories in which the "great defender of muddled and sinful humanity" triumphs over the forces of prejudice and mean-mindedness while he tiptoes precariously through the domestic territory of his wife, Hilda-She Who Must Be Obeyed! With his passion for poetry, and a nose equally sensitive to the whiff of wrongdoing and the bouquet of a Ch�teau Thames Embankment, the lovable and disheveled Rumpole "is at his rumpled best" (The New York Times).

These seven wonderful Rumpole stories will be loved by fans of John Mortimer, as well as readers of Sherlock Holmes, P.D. James and P.G. Wodehouse.

'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening Standard

'There is a truth in Rumpole that is...