Reading order
Rumpole of the Bailey — reading order
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)
- The Trials of Rumpole (1979)
- Rumpole's Return (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 and the Primrose Path (2002)
- Rumpole Rests His Case (2002)
- Every volume in order (13) ↓
- 13 volumes
- Volumes
- 1978–2004
- Published
- Completed
- Status
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Publication order
13 volumes1978–2004Completed
- Mostly short-story collections, so any book works, but Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) introduces everyone.
- Rumpole’s Return and Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders are full novels; the latter tells the case that made his name.
Every volume in order
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