# Rumpole and the Reign of Terror

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- Authors: [Johnnie Mortimer](https://www.bookquiver.com/johnnie-mortimer)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4193-903-2
- Published: 2007-07-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Justice isn’t blind – it’s just a little short sighted and weak around the knees … A Rumpole novel which takes on New Labour and the Timson family, and includes extracts from the memoirs of Hilda Rumpole, aka She Who Must Be Obeyed … Tiffany Timson's new husband Mahmoud Khan, is arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Rumpole is frustrated in his defence campaign by New Labour laws that render the British legal system a farce – defending a suspected terrorist proves a tricky task even for the great defender ... He insists upon a fair trial, and his fight for justice brings him into confrontation not only with Hilda, but with the leaders of New Labour ...