A Voyage Round John Mortimer: A Biography of the Creator of Rumpole of the Bailey

by Valerie Grove

Book Overview

The tremendously dishy life of one of the most admired and lively literary figures today Novelist, playwright, and barrister Sir John Mortimer has led an extraordinarily rich and daring life, privately and professionally, much of it in the public eye. His own writings, from the play A Voyage Round My Fatherto his wildly popular books in the Rumpole series, to his three acclaimed volumes of autobiography, and his screenplay for Brideshead Revisited,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670018805
• ISBN13: 9780670018802
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Rumpole

Interesting to find his real life---While I love Rumpole, John Mortimer's life seems fraught with indiscretions--of which we dwell on too much. I guess I wanted him to be more like Rumpole.