Rumpole of the Bailey: John Mortimer

Horace Rumpole - dishevelled barrister at law, drinker of claret and smoker of cigars, inveterate quoter of Wordsworth and eternal defender of the underdog - is one of the greatest English comic characters ever created. This is the original volume of Rumpole stories, introducing us to the legal triumphs that first made the Old Bailey Hack`s name, along with a host of choice villains, frequent forays to Pommeroy`s wine bar and, of course, his formidable, magisterial wife Hilda, She Who Must Be Obeyed.