Novelist, playwright and barrister John Mortimer has led an extraordinarily rich life, privately and professionally, much of it in the public eye. His own writings, from the play A Voyage Round My Father to the memoirs Clinging to the Wreckage and Murderers and Other Friends, have given his many fans plenty of insights. But now for the first time a biographer has had full access to Mortimer, his circle of friends and colleagues, and their diaries and letters. The result is a riveting account of the life of one of the great figures of our time. A Voyage Round John Mortimer is revealing of many aspects of Mortimer's legal and literary career, from his first attempts at writing novels and the early help he offered his barrister father through to the great triumphs of Rumpole and the Oz trial.
| ISBN: | 9780141019543 |
| Publication date: | 3rd July 2008 |
| Author: | Valerie Grove |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 560 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: writers Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Memoirs Biography: arts and entertainment Diaries, letters and journals |