A Voyage Round John Mortimer - Hardcover

Grove, Valerie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670018805 ISBN 13: 9780670018802

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2008

Synopsis

A colorfully detailed portrait of the acclaimed writer and barrister traces his legal and literary career from his courtroom triumphs and creation of Horace Rumpole to his promiscuous romantic life and the untruths presented in his three-part autobiography. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

'A perceptive and affectionate biography of a national monument and treasure' -- Christopher Hart, The Sunday Times

'An exceptionally sharp-eyed survey of a man she views with affection tinged with exasperation.' -- Simon Callow, Guardian

'Candid and conscientious...It sails as close in-shore as is possible for anyone but the subject himself to get.' -- Peter Lewis, Daily Mail

'There is everything you could want in this funny, engaging, very well-written book in terms of fact and anecdote.'
-- Sam Leith, The Spectator

'This is a quite brilliant biography. Meticulously researched and compulsively readable.' -- Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday

About the Author:

Valerie Grove is a journalist who writes for the Times (London). Her first biography was the acclaimed Dear Dodie, a life of the playwright and novelist Dodie Smith.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0670018805
• ISBN 13: 9780670018802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 542