Background
MORTIMER, John was born on April 21, 1923. Son of Clifford and Katherine (nee Smith) Mortimer.
( Maggie Perowne is head of Old Masters at Klinsky's auct...)
Maggie Perowne is head of Old Masters at Klinsky's auction house in London. Ben Glazier is an art expert. Ben, not as young as he was, is inescapably in love with Maggie, but she has an unfortunate taste for such dubious men as the Hooray Henry in the wine department. Together Ben and Maggie form a crack team that blends integrity and professionalism with a keen eye for uncovering the mysterious circumstances surrounding priceless works of art. Take for example the matter of the underpriced Raphael, or the questionable Bronzino, or even the Cellini salt cellar. Maggie and Ben may be able to detect the fakes at one hundred paces, but spotting the forger may cause trickier problems . In the great tradition of Rumpole, John Mortimer has created an unforgettable cast of characters and struck a rich vein of humour.
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(Who rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters, told ...)
Who rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters, told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end, advised Guthrie Featherstone, Q.C., to adopt a more judicial attitude, returned in the tender gloaming of each evening-via Pommeroy's and a glass of Chateau Fleet Street- to She Who Must Be Obeyed? The answer is Horace Rumpole whose legal triumphs, plundering stories into the Oxford Book of English Verse and less-than-salubrious hat are celebrated here in this first omnibus edition.
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( The first ever collection of Rumpole Christmas stories?...)
The first ever collection of Rumpole Christmas stories? just in time for the holidays A Rumpole Christmas is a collection of five holiday stories?never before published in book form? depicting the Old Bailey Hack at his lovable best. In ?Rumpole and Father Christmas,? the English barrister encounters a familiar-looking Santa who he thinks is a thief. In ?Rumpole?s Slimmed Down Christmas,? he goes to a new-age spa when ?She who must be obeyed? insists that he lose a few pounds. In ?Rumpole and the Christmas Break,? he protects Hilda as a shady judge flirts with her while on a holiday that turns out to be anything but relaxing. Witty and compulsively readable, this irresistible new collection will provide solace to the legions of fans lamenting John Mortimer?s death early this year.
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barrister author and playwright
MORTIMER, John was born on April 21, 1923. Son of Clifford and Katherine (nee Smith) Mortimer.
Harrow, Brasenose College, Oxford.
The Wrong Side of the Park 1960, Two Stars for Comfort 1962, The Judge 1967, A Voyage Round My Father 1970 (adapted for television 1982, Institute EmmyChairman Council Royal Society of Literature 1989. British Academy Writers’. Judge 1967, A Voyage Round My Father 1970 (adapted for television 1982, Institute Emmy.
( The first ever collection of Rumpole Christmas stories?...)
(Who rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters, told ...)
(Recounts the stories of nine trials involving murder and ...)
( Maggie Perowne is head of Old Masters at Klinsky's auct...)
Board of National Theatre.
Married 1st Penelope Fletcher in 1949, one son one daughter. Married 2nd Penelope Gollop, two daughter.