John Mortimer

Lord Titmuss is still a figure with formidable influence in his constituency, but now the Conservatives face a difficult by-election after the strange death of the sitting Tory MP....

When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless....

Rumpole is on the job again, bringing along his taste for claret, his penchant for poetry, and his reputation for a good story....

Rumpole must now defend a young member of the Timson family, an extended clan of petty thieves who are otherwise decent South London rogues. Adding to Rumpole’s anxiety, his own son now appears to be acquiring some of the less respectable Timson family traits....

In this collection of stories, the beloved barrister must fend off the advances of a mysterious young woman, face the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council, and take on a group of devil worshippers...

Maggie Perowne is head of Old Masters at Klinsky's auction house in London. Ben Glazier is an art expert. Ben, not as young as he was, is inescapably in love with Maggie....

On England's green and pleasant land there are dark rumblings of concrete mixers, bulldozers and planning committees, local and ministerial....

ASBOs may be the pride and joy of New Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole....

Throughout John Mortimer's career, he established profound friendships with people accused of various crimes....

Rumpole isn't particularly fond of Christmas; he finds it has a horrible habit of dragging on as he and She Who Must Be Obeyed go through the usual rituals in Froxbury Mansions....

The irrepressible, audacious defence barrister Horace Rumpole whose court scenes are proverbial, and whose home is ruled by Mrs Rumpole, is back in these short stories by John Mortimer....

Following the best-selling Summer of a Dormouse, Sir John Mortimer - playwright, novelist, octogenarian, and erstwhile QC - offers up more lessons in living and growing old disgracefully....

Affectionately known as the Chekhov of Coldsands-on-Sea....

Timothy West takes on the role of Rumpole in this collection of cracking court cases....

In the first of six witty short stories, 60s-something English barrister, Horace Rumpole, takes on the younger generation both at home and in the hallowed courtroom....