It is difficult to say at the conclusion of “Rumpole Rests His Case” whether an obituary is called for. On the final page, Horace Rumpole, 67, barrister, drifts off, but whether it’s just to sleep or ...

WASHINGTON — John Mortimer, a British lawyer and writer who created the character Horace Rumpole, a disheveled barrister memorably featured in the popular television series “Rumpole of the Bailey,” ...

In Rumpole's last outing, Rumpole Rests His Case (2002), Mortimer's beloved barrister suffered a near-fatal heart attack, but as shown in this delicious new story collection, Rumpole still has plenty ...

FANS of Rumpole of the Bailey -- both the television series and the books on which it is based -- have reason to break out a choice bottle of Château Thames Embankment. Rumpole is back after a ...

John Mortimer, the author of Rumpole of the Bailey, has died after a long illness at the age of 85. Mortimer was a hugely prolific author of plays, novels and TV and film scripts. He managed to fit ...

Sir Bob Geldof and broadcasters Jeremy Paxman and Melvin Bragg were among the crowds of friends and family who turned out for a final farewell to author John Mortimer. The stars joined the procession ...

John Mortimer, barrister, author, playwright and creator of Horace Rumpole, the cunning defender of the British criminal classes, died Friday at his home in Oxfordshire, England. He was 85. His death ...

Mortimer's many fans on both sides of the Atlantic will delight in Horace Rumpole's return after a six-year hiatus in this amusing collection of the gruff but lovable barrister's latest exploits. The ...

British lawyer and writer John Mortimer, creator of the curmudgeonly criminal lawyer Rumpole of the Bailey, died Friday. He was 85. Mr. Mortimer’s family said he died at his home in the Chiltern Hills ...

The comic, courageous, and corpulent Horace Rumpole reenters the fray in these seven fresh and funny stories in which the "great defender of muddled and sinful humanity" triumphs over the forces of ...