Rumpole book 5 · 1983
Rumpole and the Golden Thread
Rumpole travels to Africa to defend an old friend, among other cases.
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Book facts
- Author
- John Mortimer
- Series
- Rumpole, book 5 of 16
- Published
- 1983
- Setting
- Set in London
- Story order
- Book 6 by the story’s timeline
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- High
In story order: after Rumpole for the Defence and before Rumpole's Last Case.
Who is in Rumpole and the Golden Thread
5 recurring or key characters from John Mortimer’s chart.
Lead 1
- Horace RumpoleOld Bailey defence barrister
Major 1
- Hilda RumpoleHis formidable wife, She Who Must Be Obeyed
Minor and cameo 3
- Guthrie FeatherstoneHead of chambers, later a judge
- Claude Erskine-BrownOpera-loving barrister in chambers
- Phyllida TrantYoung barrister, later Erskine-Brown's wife
Also featuring these characters
Other John Mortimer books that share the most characters with Rumpole and the Golden Thread.
- Rumpole's Return1980 · Rumpole · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Rumpole and the Age of Miracles1988 · Rumpole · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Trials of Rumpole1979 · Rumpole · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Rumpole à la Carte1990 · Rumpole · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon