Regina v Rumpole

Rumpole for the Defence

Author	John Mortimer
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Rumpole of the Bailey
Genre	legal
Publication date	1981
Followed by	Rumpole and the Golden Thread

Regina v Rumpole is a 1981 collection of short stories by John Mortimer about defence barrister Horace Rumpole. They were adapted from his scripts for the TV series of the same name.^[1] The stories were:

"Rumpole and the Boat People"
"Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt"
"Rumpole and the Dear Departed"
"Rumpole and the Expert Witness"
"Rumpole and the Gentle Art of Blackmail"
"Rumpole and the Rotten Apple"
"Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas"

The collection also includes the novel Rumpole's Return. The collection was reissued in 1982 without that novel as Rumpole for the Defence.

References

↑ Horace Rumpole at Thrilling Detectives

Works by John Mortimer

Novels	Rumpole's Return (1980) Paradise Postponed (1985) Summer's Lease Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (2004)

Short fiction collections	Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) The Trials of Rumpole (1979) Rumpole (1980) Regina v Rumpole (1981) Rumpole And the Golden Thread (1983) Rumpole's Last Case (1987) Rumpole And the Age of Miracles (1988) Rumpole a La Carte (1990) Rumpole On Trial (1992) Rumpole And the Angel of Death (1995) Rumpole Rests His Case (2002) Rumpole and the Primrose Path (2003)

Plays	The Dock Brief (1958) A Voyage Round My Father (1971)

Films	Ferry to Hong Kong (1960) The Innocents (1961) The Dock Brief (1962) Guns of Darkness (1962) Lunch Hour (1962) The Running Man (1963) Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) A Flea in Her Ear (1968) John and Mary (1969) Maschenka (1987) Tea With Mussolini (1999)

TV	Shades of Greene (series) (1975–76) Rumpole of the Bailey (series) (1975, 1978–92) Will Shakespeare (1978) Rumpole's Return (1980) The Ebony Tower (1984) Die Fledermaus (1990) Don Quixote (2000)

Radio plays	The Dock Brief (1957)