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Penguin Books (1993), 256 pages
Original publication date
1992
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Another entertaining collection featuring the poetry-quoting barrister Horace Rumpole In this work, Horace Rumpole returns to delight us with seven new cases. We find our hero jousting with the Devil, being wooed by a beautiful violin player, and even up before the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Bar Council.
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LibraryThing member monado
Stories:
- "Rumpole and the Children of the Devil." Rumpole tangles with a child welfare agency.
- Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle
- Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice
- Rumpole and the Family Pride
- Rumpole and the Soothsayer
- Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson
- Rumpole on Trial
- "Rumpole and the Children of the Devil." Rumpole tangles with a child welfare agency.
- Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle
- Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice
- Rumpole and the Family Pride
- Rumpole and the Soothsayer
- Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson
- Rumpole on Trial
LibraryThing member burnit99
A collection of seven fine "Rumpole of the Bailey" stories, a few of which appear in other collections. The final title story, "Rumpole On Trial", is particularly droll, in which Rumpole finally crosses a line in his courtroom objections to the jury-swaying remarks of Judge "Ollie" Oliphant, and is
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Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0140175105 / 9780140175103
Physical description
256 p.; 5.34 inches
Pages
256