Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders - Softcover

Mortimer, John

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9780141017761: Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

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ISBN 10: 0141017767 ISBN 13: 9780141017761

Publisher: Penguin, 2005

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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 story of the Penge Bungalow Murders case is told in full: how, shortly after the war, Rumpole took on the seemingly impossible task of defending young Simon Jerold, accused of murdering his father and his father's friend with a German officer's gun. And how the inexperienced young brief was left alone to pursue the path of justice, in a case that was to echo through the Bailey for years to come.

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Review:

"A brilliant piece of work." --The New York Times Book Review

"Ambitious and substantial... cleverly conceived and highly satisfying." --Los Angeles Times

"A brilliant piece of work." The New York Times Book Review

"Ambitious and substantial... cleverly conceived and highly satisfying." Los Angeles Times"

"A brilliant piece of work." The New York Times Book Review

"Ambitious and substantial... cleverly conceived and highly satisfying." Los Angeles Times

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"A brilliant piece of work." --The New York Times Book Review

"Ambitious and substantial... cleverly conceived and highly satisfying." --Los Angeles Times

-A brilliant piece of work.- --The New York Times Book Review

-Ambitious and substantial... cleverly conceived and highly satisfying.- --Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

John Mortimer is a novelist, playwright and former practising barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels (Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets) featuring Leslie Titmuss - a character as brilliant as Rumpole. John Mortimer received a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998.

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