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Works have been aliased into John Clifford Mortimer. - The First Rumpole Omnibus 709 copies, 4 reviews
- Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders 575 copies, 14 reviews
- Rumpole of the Bailey 539 copies, 9 reviews
- Paradise Postponed 500 copies, 5 reviews
- Rumpole Rests His Case 402 copies, 7 reviews
- Rumpole and the Reign of Terror 382 copies, 13 reviews
- Rumpole and the Primrose Path 381 copies, 4 reviews
- The Second Rumpole Omnibus 380 copies, 5 reviews
- The Trials of Rumpole 345 copies, 6 reviews
- Rumpole and the Golden Thread 335 copies, 5 reviews
- Rumpole a la Carte 331 copies, 3 reviews
- Rumpole on Trial 330 copies, 6 reviews
- Rumpole for the Defence 311 copies, 5 reviews
- Rumpole Misbehaves 310 copies, 20 reviews
- Rumpole's Return 276 copies, 3 reviews
- Titmuss Regained 272 copies, 4 reviews
- Rumpole's Last Case 256 copies, 4 reviews
- Rumpole and the Age of Miracles 250 copies, 5 reviews
- Rumpole and the Angel of Death 249 copies, 6 reviews
- The Third Rumpole Omnibus 209 copies, 1 review
- Quite Honestly 199 copies, 9 reviews
- A Rumpole Christmas : Stories 186 copies, 16 reviews
- Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life 164 copies, 6 reviews
- Rumpole and the Younger Generation 157 copies
- Felix in the Underworld 152 copies, 1 review
- The Summer of a Dormouse 144 copies, 4 reviews
- Rumpole 143 copies
- The Sound of Trumpets 132 copies, 1 review
- The Best of Rumpole : A Personal Choice 127 copies, 5 reviews
- Where There's a Will 117 copies, 4 reviews
- Charade 101 copies, 1 review
Works have been aliased into John Clifford Mortimer. - Orley Farm (Introduction, some editions) 490 copies, 9 reviews
- The Best of Wodehouse (Introduction, some editions) 228 copies, 1 review
- Best of Modern Humor (Contributor) 219 copies, 1 review
- The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (Contributor) 103 copies, 2 reviews
- A Flea in Her Ear (Translator, some editions) 98 copies, 1 review
- The Best British Mysteries 2005 (Contributor) 92 copies, 3 reviews
- A New Omnibus of Crime (Contributor) 76 copies, 1 review
- The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (Contributor) 57 copies
- The Best British Mysteries 2006 (Contributor) 50 copies, 1 review
- Die Fledermaus [libretto] (Translator, some editions) 33 copies, 1 review
- Notable Historical Trials (Introduction) 28 copies
- Murder under the Mistletoe and Other Stories (Contributor) 26 copies
- Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas (Contributor) 22 copies, 1 review
- Murder on Trial (Contributor) 10 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 | | | 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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