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Paradise Postponed (Penguin Decades) by John Mortimer
$29.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
"Penguin Decades" bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of ...Show more
Quite Honestly by John Mortimer
$50.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Life couldn't be better for Lucinda Purefoy. Granted it's a little embarrassing, her father being the Bishop of Aldershot, but she's got a steady boyfriend, a degree in social sciences from Manchester University and the offer of a job in advertising. With all that, she felt she should pay back her debt ...Show more
Quite Honestly by John Mortimer
$27.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Life couldn't be better for Lucinda Purefoy. Granted it's a little embarrassing, her father being the Bishop of Aldershot, but she's got a steady boyfriend, a degree in social sciences and the offer of a job in advertising. With all this, she felt she should pay back her debt to society and do a littl ...Show more
Rumpole And The Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer
$35.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Horace Rumpole - cigar-smoking, claret-drinking, Wordsworth-spouting defender of some unlikely clients - often speaks of the great murder trial which revealed his talents as an advocate and made his reputation down at the Bailey when he was still a young man. Now, for the first time, the sensational sto ...Show more
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Horace Rumpole - cigar-smoking, claret-drinking, Wordsworth-spouting defender of some unlikely clients - often speaks of the great murder trial which revealed his talents as an advocate and made his reputation down at the Bailey when he was still a young man.<brNow, for the first time, the sensationa ...Show more
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Justice isn't blind ? it's just a little short sighted and weak around the knees.. . His wig may be yellowing and his gown might be in tatters, but Rumpole will not give up the good fight - not while there's injustice to battle. When a distressed TiffanyTimson (of the infamous South London clan of ...Show more
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer
$45.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
In the dark days of the war on terror, only one man can be counted on to fight injustice, defend the innocent, and insist on a fair and decent trial for all, contrary to New Labour's new anti-terrorism laws. Rumpole's wig may be yellowing at the roots, his gown might be in tatters, but the oldest inhabi ...Show more
Rumpole at Christmas by John Mortimer
$40.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Pantos, puds and a Father Christmas who isn't quite what he seems to be...Rumpole isn't particularly fond of Christmas - time has a horrible habit of hanging heavily on the hands as the usual rituals are observed: exchanging presents with She Who Must Be Obeyed (a tie for him; lavender water for her) be ...Show more
The Anti-Social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole by John Mortimer
$45.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
ASBOs may be the pride and joy of New Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole - he takes the old-fashioned view that if anyone is going to be threatened with a restriction of their liberty then some form of legal proceeding ought to be gone through first. Not that Hilda agrees, of course ...Show more
The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole by John Mortimer
$27.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
ASBOs may be the pride and joy of New Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole - he takes the old-fashioned view that if anyone is going to be threatened with a restriction of their liberty then some form of legal proceeding ought to be gone through first. Not that Hilda agrees, of course ...Show more
The Trials of Rumpole by John Mortimer
$26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole' Clive James Horace Rumpole, the irrepressible barrister fuelled by cigars, Tennyson, steak-and-kidney pud and the cooking claret from Pommeroy's wine bar, is back for further misadventures. Amid an unfortunate and temporary downturn in L ...Show more
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