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Works have been aliased into John Clifford Mortimer. - The First Rumpole Omnibus 787 copies, 5 reviews
- Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders 645 copies, 16 reviews
- Rumpole of the Bailey 616 copies, 11 reviews
- Paradise Postponed 574 copies, 5 reviews
- Summer's Lease 482 copies, 10 reviews
- The Second Rumpole Omnibus 446 copies, 5 reviews
- Rumpole Rests His Case 446 copies, 8 reviews
- Rumpole and the Primrose Path 436 copies, 4 reviews
- Rumpole and the Reign of Terror 434 copies, 14 reviews
- Rumpole a la Carte 393 copies, 4 reviews
- Rumpole on Trial 385 copies, 6 reviews
- The Trials of Rumpole 382 copies, 8 reviews
- Rumpole and the Golden Thread 360 copies, 6 reviews
- Rumpole Misbehaves 355 copies, 20 reviews
- Rumpole for the Defence 348 copies, 6 reviews
- Clinging to the Wreckage 347 copies, 3 reviews
- Titmuss Regained 311 copies, 4 reviews
- Rumpole's Return 301 copies, 6 reviews
- Rumpole and the Angel of Death 297 copies, 8 reviews
- Rumpole and the Age of Miracles 280 copies, 6 reviews
- Rumpole's Last Case 279 copies, 6 reviews
- The Third Rumpole Omnibus 235 copies, 1 review
- Quite Honestly 219 copies, 9 reviews
- A Rumpole Christmas: Stories 219 copies, 17 reviews
- Dunster 189 copies, 2 reviews
- Rumpole 177 copies, 1 review
- Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life 176 copies, 7 reviews
- Rumpole and the Younger Generation 166 copies
- The Summer of a Dormouse 164 copies, 3 reviews
- Felix in the Underworld 164 copies, 2 reviews
- The Sound of Trumpets 151 copies, 1 review
Works have been aliased into John Clifford Mortimer. - Orley Farm (Introduction, some editions) 565 copies, 9 reviews
- The Best of Wodehouse (Introduction, some editions) 275 copies, 1 review
- Best of Modern Humor (Contributor) 246 copies, 1 review
- The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (Contributor) 172 copies, 5 reviews
- The Pleasure of Reading (Contributor) 162 copies, 7 reviews
- A Flea in Her Ear (Translator, some editions) 122 copies, 1 review
- The Best British Mysteries 2005 (Contributor) 110 copies, 3 reviews
- A New Omnibus of Crime (Contributor) 85 copies, 1 review
- The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (Contributor) 68 copies
- The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the… (Contributor) 64 copies
- The Best British Mysteries 2006 (Contributor) 54 copies, 1 review
- Die Fledermaus [libretto] (Translator, some editions) 37 copies, 1 review
- Notable Historical Trials (Introduction) 34 copies
- Sittings, 1979-1983 (Introduction) 30 copies
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| Canonical name | | | Legal name | | | Other names | | | Date of birth | | | Date of death | | | Burial location | | | Gender | | | Nationality | | | Country (for map) | | | Birthplace | | | Place of death | | | Cause of death | | | Places of residence | | | Education | | | Occupations | | | Relationships | | | Organizations | | | Awards and honors | | | Agents | | | Short biography | John Mortimer was born in London to Clifford Mortimer, a barrister, and his wife Kathleen May, née Smith. Mortimer attended the Dragon School and Harrow, originally intending to become an actor, and then a writer. His father persuaded him to follow him into a legal career. Mortimer went up to Oxford University, where he read law. During World War II, he worked for the Crown Film Unit, writing scripts for propaganda documentaries. Mortimer made his debut as an original playwright with The Dock Brief, first broadcast on BBC Radio in 1957 and later adapted for television.
Mortimer was called to the Bar at age 25 in 1948. His early career focused on wills and divorces, but he later undertook criminal cases. He's now best remembered for creating the character of Horace Rumpole, a barrister at London's Old Bailey courthouse.
He was married to Penelope Fletcher, who wrote as Penelope Mortimer. The couple divorced in 1971, and he married Penelope Gollop, with whom he had two daughters, Emily Mortimer and Rosie Mortimer. He was awarded the CBE in 1986, and knighted in 1998.  | |
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