John Mortimer

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born

April 21, 1923 in London, The United Kingdom

died

January 16, 2009

gender

male

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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John Clifford Mortimer is a novelist, playwright and former practising barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels, Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets, featuring Leslie Titmuss - a character as brilliant as Rumpole.

John Mortimer received a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998.

Series:
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rapstone Chronicles

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Books by John Mortimer

Average rating: 3.95 · 5,772 ratings · 634 reviews · 135 distinct works

	Rumpole of the Bailey 4.06 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 1978 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The First Rumpole Omnibus 4.30 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders 3.92 avg rating — 442 ratings — 15 editions	My rating:
	Rumpole and the Reign of Terror 3.97 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Rumpole Rests His Case 4.03 avg rating — 314 ratings — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Second Rumpole Omnibus 4.41 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Rumpole and the Primrose Path 4.04 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Rumpole Misbehaves: A Novel 3.83 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Rumpole on Trial 4.08 avg rating — 205 ratings — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Third Rumpole Omnibus 4.47 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by John Mortimer

Rapstone Chronicles (3 books)
by John Mortimer

3.58 avg rating — 320 ratings

Rumpole of the Bailey (1 book)
by John Mortimer

4.07 avg rating — 124 ratings

Quotes by John Mortimer

“Rumpole, you must move with the times."

"If I don't like the way the times are moving, I shall refuse to accompany them.”
― John Mortimer, The Anti Social Behaviour Of Horace Rumpole

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“On the three pigs he and his wife own: "We acquired the pigs last year. My wife was born on a pig farm and has always been very fond of pigs. Of course, they are for eating, which is why they are named Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. You wouldn’t want to eat Rufus, Marcus and Esmeralda.”
― John Mortimer

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“The people look forbidding, solemn, marked by that impossible ideal, Communism, which, like Christianity, seemed to demand too much of humanity and, falling into the wrong hands, led too easily to horrible brutality.”
― John Mortimer, Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life

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