Rumpole and the Married Lady
Written by John Mortimer
Narrated by Leo McKern
4.5/5
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Rumpole takes on a divorce case. He represents a Mrs. Thripp who accuses her husband of unbearable conduct since he has not spoken to her for at least three years and communicates with her in their home only via written notes. But at home, Rumpole finds his wife Hilda in a horrid temper, since their son Nick has moved to Florida. When his client telephones him at home, Hilda eavesdrops on Rumpole’s conversation and thinks that Rumpole is now in the throes of an affair. Will Rumpole now have to find a divorce lawyer for himself?
John Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE was born in April 1923. After studying at Oxford he was called to the bar at the age of 25, later becoming a QC. He is a celebrated dramatist, screenwriter and author; his most famous creation, Horace Rumpole, appeared in Rumpole of the Bailey, a television series which was later complemented by short stories, novels and radio programmes. Mortimer died in January 2009.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another set of stories from the memoirs of Horace Rumpole, Barrister at Law or, as he often describes himself, an Old Bailey hack.Rumpole is a delicious blend of anarchist and defender of the old order. Always eager to deflate the narrow-minded pomposity of some of his fellow barristers at 4 Equity Court, such as the Head of Chambers, Sam Ballard QC, or the vague, opera-loving Claude Erskine Brown, he remains resistant to any attempt to modernise chambers life, even to the point of benign Luddism.In this collection he has to contend with the ministrations of his doctor, who seeks to curtail his admittedly excessive consumption of fried food, cheap claret and noxious cheroots, and also finds himself appearing before his former protégée, Phyllida Erskine Browne, who has now been elevated to the Bench.As ever, he generally prevails, armed with his Oxford Book of English verse (Quiller-Couch edition) and his ability to engage with the jury, despite the frequent ministrations of the Judge. After having read a few volumes of these stories, this latest dose may seem just like 'more of the same', but that is fine by me.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love the Rumpole series. Mortimer turns his Rumpole into a master detective with the finess of an expert lawyer.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What can I say? Classic plonk swilling, cigar smoking, cynical, yet heart-of-gold Rumpole in a series of legal predicaments and mysteries. Always fun, never too deep and yet, with a touching regard for the frailties of humanity. Just right when you want something that is gentle and funny but with a bit of underlying cynicism.