Paradise Postponed

Informationen zum Autor Sir John Mortimer was a novelist, playwright and barrister. The first book featuring his most famous character, Horace Rumpole, was published by Penguin in 1980, and Mortimer went on to publish a dozen collections of Rumpole stories as well as a handful of novels, culminating in 2007 in RUMPOLE MISBEHAVES. He was knighted in 1998 for his services to the arts and died in January 2009. Klappentext John Mortimer (1923 - 2009) was a novelist, playwright and barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels ( Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained, and The Sound of Trumpets) featuring Leslie Titmuss. Sir John received a CBE in 1986 and a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998. Zusammenfassung When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector's two sons react in very different ways. Henry, novelist and former 'angry young man' turned grumpy old reactionary, decides to fight the will and prove their father was insane.

Product details

• Authors: John Mortimer, Sir John Mortimer
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.11.2010
• EAN: 9780141193397
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119339-7
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Political, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999