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Rated 5 starsWonderful, witty, urbane fiction
The Rumpole books are wonderfully entertaining and well-written mysteries that revolve around an aging English lawyer named Rumpole. For readers not familiar with the author, John Mortimer, and this series of short stories and novels revolving around Rumpole, the central character, I offer the following introduction. The author, Mortimer, was an English lawyer who also is well known for his writing. He has written popular...
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Rated 5 starsHorace Rumpole - What more can be said?
Other than Sherlock Holmes, Horace Rumpole is arguably the best and most fully described character in crime fiction. The depth of his character, and indeed the whole ensemble of characters in the Rumpole stories, even outdoes those in the Peter Wimsey, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple tales. We know Horace Rumpole as well as we know any friend or relative. We also know Hilda - she who must be obeyed. We know Guthrie, Claude...
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Rated 5 starsAnother Good Rumpole Collection
I've read all of the Rumpole stories and this collection contains some of the best. Like the previous two Rumpole omnibi (or is it omnibuses?) it contains three Rumpole books. The one thing about it that puzzles me is that it's the first Rumpole omnibus to skip over a book. For some reason the publisher chose not to include "Rumpole on Trial" as the third book in this omnibus but "Rumpole and the Angel of Death" instead. The...
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Rated 5 starsAnother superb Rumpole collection
Well, I've read all the previous Rumpole collections, and seen all the PBS Rumpole episodes. I'm sure you're not surprised to hear that this one doesn't disappoint.One hundred years from now, people will still be reading Rumpole (even if Titmuss is unknown), just as we read Sherlock Holmes today. Why? Because Rumpole is a great character -- like all great characters of literature, he reminds us of ourself. Sure, we're...
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Rated 5 starsHorace Rumpole: Irreverent--Eccentric--Irresistible
With his marmelade-stained vest and his crumpled hat, and with a quotation from the "Oxford Book of English Verse" (Quiller-Couch Edition) never far from his lips, he has labored long in that field of bloodless verbal combat known as criminal trial practice. Because of his aversion to seeing folks "banged up in the nick," he (almost) always defends. His insights into trial practice, human nature, and the manipulation...
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