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Benedict Cumberbatch plays Horace Rumpole in this fourth collection of dramatic court cases. 'Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation': Erskine-Brown is working on a sordid ABH and affray case which allegedly occurred in a Soho night club. When he and Rumpole visit the disreputable scene of the crime, they meet Maurice Machin, the editor of the Daily Beacon, whose paper is being sued for libel.
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Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole. Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders: It is the '50s, and two war heroes have been shot dead. Defending the suspect is deemed hopeless, so the case is handed to a novice. But the novice's superiors didn't count on the tenacity and wit of the young and hungry Horace Rumpole.
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3 out of 5 stars
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BBC Performance...no a true audiobook
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Rumpole: The Gentle Art of Blackmail & Other Stories
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- Original Recording
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Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young Horace Rumpole in this second stellar collection of court cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole. 'Rumpole and the Man of God': It is 1959, and Rumpole must defend a clergyman accused of shoplifting who, although he clearly did not commit the crime, is curiously reluctant to be cross-examined under oath. Meanwhile, Hilda (she who must be obeyed) has big news....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another series of Mysteries acted out amazingly!!!
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- Unabridged
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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- By: John Mortimer
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- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Horace Rumpole, the irreverent, iconoclastic, claret-swilling, poetry-spouting barrister at law, is among the most beloved characters of English crime literature. He is not a particularly gifted attorney, nor is he particularly fond of the law by courts if it comes to that, but he’d rather be swinging at a case than bowing to his wife Hilda, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rambling and irreverent, Rumpole captures you
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Timothy West, full cast, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 183
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 179
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole. Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders: It is the '50s, and two war heroes have been shot dead. Defending the suspect is deemed hopeless, so the case is handed to a novice. But the novice's superiors didn't count on the tenacity and wit of the young and hungry Horace Rumpole.
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3 out of 5 stars
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BBC Performance...no a true audiobook
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Rumpole: The Gentle Art of Blackmail & Other Stories
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- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, full cast, Timothy West
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young Horace Rumpole in this second stellar collection of court cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole. 'Rumpole and the Man of God': It is 1959, and Rumpole must defend a clergyman accused of shoplifting who, although he clearly did not commit the crime, is curiously reluctant to be cross-examined under oath. Meanwhile, Hilda (she who must be obeyed) has big news....
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5 out of 5 stars
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent dramatization of Rumpole
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- Three classic full-cast dramatisations
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- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 247
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Jeeves is the Man...
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done! Thanks.
- By Marcia W Brown on 11-13-18
Publisher's Summary
The irrepressible, audacious defence barrister Horace Rumpole continues to juggle the vagaries of the law, the ambiguities of crime, and the contradictions of the human heart. The much loved stories were adapted from his scripts for the hugely popular TV series of the same name.
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- mr kieran j murphy
- san jose
- 05-10-18
another good yarn
This is another great set of stories from John Mortimer. short stories are a speciality of John Mortimer. Worth the listen.
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- mr c a mole
- 01-23-19
wonderfully written tales of the Old Bailey!
bill Wallis is the THE Rumpole! wonderfully written and expertly narrated. Each story provides at least a few chuckles, especially when Rumpole runs up against she who must be obeyed ..