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100 1 _aGrove, Valerie, 1946-
245 1 2 _aA voyage round John Mortimer
_c/ Valerie Grove
250 _a1st American ed
260 _aNew York
_b: Viking
_c, 2008.
300 _ax, 542 p., [16] p. of plates
_b: ill.
_c; 24 cm.
500 _aOriginally published in 2007.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [497]-498) and index.
504 _a"List of works": p. [491]-496.
520 _a"A Voyage Round John Mortimer traces Mortimer's legal and literary career, from his first attempts at writing novels and plays, and the early help he offered his barrister father, through his great triumphs in the courts to the creation of Horace Rumpole, one of the most popular characters in contemporary fiction and television." "Essential reading for Mortimer's many fans, A Voyage Round John Mortimer will delight and educate as well as reveal the complex, sometimes controversial, and occasionally infuriating character of John Mortimer."--BOOK JACKET.
600 1 0 _aMortimer, John
_d, 1923-2009
650 4 _aAuthors, English
_y-20th century
_v--Biography
650 _aLawyers
_z-England
_v--Biography
942 _cMO
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