The First Rumpole Omnibus Av John Mortimer

<p><b>A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF JOHN MORTIMER''S ICONIC CHARACTER, DISCOVER <i>THE FIRST RUMPOLE OMNIBUS</i>! </b><br><b><br> ''One of the great comic creations of modern times'' </b><i>Evening Standard</i><b><br><br> ''Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal'' </b>P. D. James, <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br> Who rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters? <br>Who told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end? <br>Who advised Guthrie Featherstone, Q.C. to adopt a more judicial attitude? <br><br>The answer is barrister Horace Rumpole.His legal triumphs, plundering sorties into the ''Oxford Book of English Verse'' and less-than-salubrious hat are celebrated in the first omnibus, including <b><i>Rumpole of the Bailey</i></b>, <b><i>The Trials of Rumpole</i></b> and <b><i>Rumpole''s Return</i></b>.<br><br> <b>John Mortimer''s hilarious Rumpole, which fans of <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> and P.G. Wodehouse will love, sees the magician of the Old Bailey at his unpredictable and brilliant best.</b></p>