description: [Read by Frederick Davidson]These six short stories introduce all the lovable (or not so lovable) characters from the delightful Rumpole series.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.''In this first title of the popular series featuring Rumpole, all of the major characters who occupy the Rumpole stories make their the sneaky, slightly effeminate Erskine-Brown; the bumbling Guthrie Featherstone; and various and sundry other lawyers and clerks whose lives weave in and out of these stories. These six stories include the Younger Generation, the Alternative Society, the Honourable Member, the Married Lady, the Learned Friends, and the Heavy Brigade.
language: English
title: Rumpole of the Bailey
titlecomplete: Rumpole of the Bailey
characters: Horace Rumpole
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Law, Mystery Thriller, Comedy, Short Stories, Fiction, Humor, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 4981
series: Rumpole of the Bailey
publisher: Chivers Audio Books