by John Mortimer · Viking Adult · tapa dura · ISBN 9780670844593
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«Rumpole on Trial» is John Mortimer's collection of mystery stories, published by Viking Adult in hardback (256 pages, in English).
In these seven stories, lawyer Horace Rumpole faces cases and personal problems, amid defendants and courtroom intrigues, always guided by his particular sense of justice. A lover of wine and Wordsworth, he defends his clients with wit and a clear sympathy for the underdog in British judicial London.
It belongs to the Horace Rumpole series (Rumpole of the Bailey). It is the first American edition, published in 1992.
For readers of mystery and British legal fiction, and for those who already know the character Horace Rumpole.
Sir John Clifford Mortimer was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for short stories about a barrister named Horace Rumpole, adapted from episodes of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey also written by Mortimer.
