Rumpole and the Reign of Terror

by JohnMortimer (Author)

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  International Edition
  2007

  $3.59

  Rumpole and the Reign of Terror - a delightful novel starring John Mortimer's iconic barrister. Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal . (P. D James, Mail on Sunday ). I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole . (Clive James, Observer ). Justice isn't blind - it's just a little short sighted and weak around the knees...Just in case Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders gave fans the impression that the Great Defender was resting on his laurels, his new case sends him at full sail into our panicky new world. Rumpole is asked to defend a Pakistani doctor who has been imprisoned without charge or trial on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. Meanwhile, on the home front, She Who Must Be Obeyed is threatening to share her intimate view of her husband in a tell-all memoir. The result is Rumpole at his most ironic and indomitable, and John Mortimer at his most entertaining. This hilarious novel will be loved by fans of Rumpole and readers of Sherlock Holmes , P.D. James and P.G. Wodehouse. Sir John Mortimer was a barrister, playwright and novelist. His fictional political trilogy of Paradise Postponed , Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets has recently been republished in Penguin Classics , together with Clinging to the Wreckage and his play A Voyage round My Father . His most famous creation was the barrister Horace Rumpole, who featured in four novels and around eighty short stories. His books in Penguin include: The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole ; The Collected Stories of Rumpole ; The First Rumpole Omnibus ; Rumpole and the Angel of Death ; Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders ; Rumpole and the Primrose Path ; Rumpole and the Reign of Terror ; Rumpole and the Younger Generation ; Rumpole at Christmas ; Rumpole Rests His Case ; The Second Rumpole Omnibus ; Forever Rumpole ; In Other Words ; Quite Honestly and Summer's Lease .

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.37

  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 inhabitant of 4 Equity Court has no use for the word 'retirement'. There's the larcenous Timson family to defend, suicide bombers to dodge, Pommeroy's Wine Bar to frequent, and the financing of the Rumpole household - with Hilda's indulgence in luxury cleaning products - to look after. But when the beautiful Tiffany Timson's husband is arrested on suspicion of terrorism, Rumpole prepares to drop everything and take on his biggest challenge yet. Horrified to learn that the accused doesn't even know what he's charged with, he determines to insist upon a fair trial for the Pakistani doctor. But battling against the new legislation, and the slippery Home Secretary, proves a tricky task. And when She Who Must Be Obeyed starts locking herself in the box room, 'minding her own business', Rumpole finds himself losing the plot, clueless about the goings on, even in his own mansion flat. Is the Anglophile doctor really an Al Qaeda agent? Will Rumpole discover Hilda's secret before it's too late? Will the Timson family ever forgive him for defending a 'terrorist'? Featuring exclusive extracts from the memoirs of She Who Must Be Obeyed, and packed with John Mortimer's wickedly funny satire and compulsive plot-twists, Rumpole and the Reign of Terror sees the great defender return to the Old Bailey in a case that challenges the very notion of modern justice.