• Rumpole of the Bailey [Recorded Books]

  • By: John Mortimer
  • Narrated by: Patrick Tull
  • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (136 ratings)

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Rumpole of the Bailey [Recorded Books]

By: John Mortimer
Narrated by: Patrick Tull
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In the first of six witty short stories, 60s-something English barrister, Horace Rumpole, takes on the younger generation both at home and in the hallowed courtroom—while offending his esteemed colleagues and his draconian wife, Hilda.

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great fun

Patrick Tulll is a brilliant reader. Rumple couldn't have a better friend! Don't miss this!

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There's no one like Rumpole!

British humor served up by John Mortimer using Rumpole defending the British ne'er do well in the Bailey and narrated by Patrick Tull. Can't do better than this when you need a book that will make you giggle and scratch your pate at the same time!

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Ahhhhh....these are fun stories!!!

Writen with wit and humor. John Mortimer narrates these stories in his magnificent voice. He, of course, played the role of Rumpole in the BBC series.

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Poor narration

The Rumpole stories are fun. However, Patrick Tull as a narrator is not up to snuff. I didn't expect him to sound like Leo McKern, and he doesn't. What is annoying is that there are long pauses here and there. The Rumpole audio with Timothy West is, by contrast, wonderful.

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Just When You're Really Depressed

by the story, Mortimer pulls it out of the bag and ends on a bright spot. You have to let it build. The stories are solid. And I have to come clean, I'm a total Patrick Tull fan-girl, but after hearing him read Dickens, Peters, and O'Brian, I'm just amazed at his ability to provide a totally clean slate for Rumpole. He doesn't read like Aubrey or Brother Cadfael. He's unmistakable as Rumpole. Tull's talent was extraordinary. Put Mortimer and Tull together and, well, there it is. A fully realized novel.

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Patrick Tull cannot make up for uninspired, cliche

Has Rumpole ever met a criminal he didn't like? These are very sentimental, hackneyed stories told with a minimal amount of wit. Patrick Tull gives it an admirable goal, but the material is wanting.

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Rumpole, the Old Darling

Like your most comfortable pair of bedroom slippers, or well worn house robe, Horace Rumpole haunts the passages of your mind with humor, wisdom, and a biting wit. He tempers justice with both mercy and a healthy dose of the ironic, balancing society’s hypocritical puritanism with pragmatic recognition of the absurd. Altogether cracking good tales.

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Delightful

A very humorous Telling of the ins and outs of the old Bailey. Very good narrator.

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Marvelous.

The stories in this collection are excellent. As is Mr. Tull’s narration, I only wish the late Leo McKern had recorded some of the unabridged stories.

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