{"product_id":"rumpole-and-the-reign-of-terror","title":"Rumpole and the Reign of Terror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRumpole and the Reign of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e - a delightful novel starring John Mortimer's iconic barrister\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D James, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole' Clive James, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJustice isn't blind - it's just a little short sighted and weak around the knees ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust in case \u003ci\u003eRumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders\u003c\/i\u003e gave fans the impression that the Great Defender was resting on his laurels, his new case sends him at full sail into our panicky new world. Rumpole is asked to defend a Pakistani doctor who has been imprisoned without charge or trial on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. Meanwhile, on the home front, She Who Must Be Obeyed is threatening to share her intimate view of her husband in a tell-all memoir. The result is Rumpole at his most ironic and indomitable, and John Mortimer at his most entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis hilarious novel will be loved by fans of Rumpole and readers of \u003ci\u003eSherlock Holmes, \u003c\/i\u003eP.D. James and P.G. Wodehouse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir John Mortimer was a barrister, playwright and novelist. His fictional political trilogy of \u003ci\u003eParadise Postponed, Titmuss Regained\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Trumpets\u003c\/i\u003e has recently been republished in Penguin Classics, together with \u003ci\u003eClinging to the Wreckage\u003c\/i\u003e and his play \u003ci\u003eA Voyage round My Father\u003c\/i\u003e. His most famous creation was the barrister Horace Rumpole, who featured in four novels and around eighty short stories. His books in Penguin include: \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole; The Collected Stories of Rumpole; The First Rumpole Omnibus; Rumpole and the Angel of Death; Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders; Rumpole and the Primrose Path; Rumpole and the Reign of Terror; Rumpole and the Younger Generation; Rumpole at Christmas; Rumpole Rests His Case; The Second Rumpole Omnibus; Forever Rumpole; In Other Words; Quite Honestly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSummer's Lease\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252635750744,"sku":"9780141025704","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141025704_aab8bbe1-90f2-4104-b0da-34b8bbd11a06.jpg?v=1768543209","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/rumpole-and-the-reign-of-terror","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}