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Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (Rumpole Novels)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
Edition: 1
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Viking Adult
Manufacturer: Viking Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: November 16, 2006
Publisher: Viking Adult
Release Date: November 16, 2006
Studio: Viking Adult
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Editorial Review:
The bestselling barrister is backand ready to take on his most timely case yet When Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow MurdersJohn Mortimers first Rumpole novel everdebuted last year, devoted fans came to it in droves. Now, just in time for Christmas, Mortimer returns with another Rumpole novel to tackle a truly relevant topic with his signature wit and style.
While defending a mind-numbingly dull theft charge, Rumpole finds that the new terrorist laws have hamstrung his beloved courts. Meanwhile, a Pakistani doctor has been imprisoned without charge or trial under suspicion of aiding al Qaeda in its plans for a terrorist attack. With the doctors wife begging him to help her husband, the Great Defender is determined to bring the case before a jury.
Trouble is also brewing at home as HildaShe Who Must Be Obeyedsits down to write her own memoirs describing her view of Rumpole and her own love life. Rumpoles battle on the home front threatens to derail his case but where theres a Rumpole, theres a way!
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Rumpole as usual
Now this is how a mystery is done. There are several seemingly unconnected threads which come together effortlessly at the end. Rumpole is his usual sarcastic self. He's still irking judges and smoking small cigars. The book also brings up some very good points about the War on Terror ongoing in the U.S. and the U.K. Rumpole is the liberal view, willing to give his Pakistani client a chance. Hilda (aka She Who Must Be Obeyed) represents the conservative view that all Muslims are guilty until proven ... Read More
Rating: - There Will Always Be A Rumpole
This is the second Rumpole book I've read and I think I'm getting the hang of the author and his character. It takes little exposure to become addicted. The Rumpole books are nominally mysteries and very much witty satires. They are the voice-driven "memoirs" of a man with one foot in the past (the time-honored conventions of the English legal profession, the British penchant for irony and wit, the taste for pub fare, etc.) and one foot in the present (9/11, 7/7, global warming, political correctness, ... Read More
Rating: - Rumpole remains, even now... fun.
Rumpole at the end of his career with a shortage of briefs confronts Hilda's memoirs, her old age flirtation, a terrorist case and the ever present Timsons; all neatly wrapped together in what amounts to a novella.
One should always read these treasures with Leo McKern as Rumpole in mind.
Rating: - Rumpole and the Reign of Terror
A book that uses the present panoply of fears to evoke the best in Rumpole and the author.
Rating:  - He's extraordinary
Like my other favorite author, P.G. Wodehouse, John Mortimer shows no decline in quality with each successive masterpiece.
The Age of Terror may be the best Rumpole book yet. It combines all the best of Dear-Old-England, starting with Rumpole's famous stint with the RAF ground staff in World War II, to the contemporary, and all too real threat to modern Britain following the 7/7 attacks.
Whats an Old Bailey hack to do in such a time. Specially when his client, as usual, appears to ... Read More
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