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John Mortimer: The Devil's Advocate: The Unauthorised Biography: The Unauthorised Biography Of John Mortimer Hardcover – 8 Aug 2005

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  • Hardcover: 376 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; 1st Edition edition (8 Aug. 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0752866559
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752866550
  • Product Dimensions: 16.4 x 3.5 x 24 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,126,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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MAIL ON SUNDAY ran serial on 7th August. Graham was in the UK for interviews the week of 22 August and the press date for the book was 25 August. The revelations in the book have generated a huge amount of publicity in the press, including: THE SUNDAY TIMES - news story on 14 August INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY - news story & diary on 14 August & 21 August EVENING STANDARD - Londoner's Diary 12 August & 18 August DAILY MAIL - diary story 15, 16 & 18 August, 29 August INDEPENDENT - diary story 16 August & 2 September THE TIMES - diary story 18 August & 6 September DAILY TELEGRAPH - diary story 18 August GUARDIAN - 29 August DAILY EXPRESS - diary story 18 August PRIVATE EYE - story & cartoon 19 August, story 14 Sept DAILY MAIL - basis of a feature 3 September We also anticipate widespread review coverage, with the following already confirmed: DAILY MAIL 19 August SUNDAY TIMES 21 August DAILY TELEGRAPH 20 August SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 21 August THE OBSERVER 28 September THE TIMES 10 September HERALD 3 September LITERARY REVIEW September issue THEFIRSTPOST.COM review 19-25 August Local media includes interviews with Graham on: BBC RADIO HUMBERSIDE BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE BBC BRISTOL BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD BBC SWINDON & WILTS BBC RADIO KENT BBC RADIO LINCOLNSHIRE BBC COVENTRY & WARWICK BBC MERSEYSIDE BBC HEREFORD & WORCESTER BBC ESSEX BBC CAMBRIDGE

About the Author

Graham Lord is a biographer who has also published novels. For nearly 20 years he was the influential book columnist of the Sunday Express. He lives mainly in France.

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4.0 out of 5 starsUnauthorised is Okay!
By Russell Telfer on 18 Sept. 2007
Format: Hardcover
According to Graham Lord, this was to have been an authorised biography, until John Mortimer found that certain material was not going to be presented sympathetically. Having got a red light from Sir John, Lord kept going and pulled no punches: no suppression, warts and all.

From other reviews I got the impression that Graham Lord's book would be full of disapproval and sour grapes.

I didn't find it so. Real people usually have a nasty side, and Mortimer, according to Lord, certainly had - his loyalty and behaviour with women was especially brought into question. He was also an achiever: successful as a barrister, playwright, scriptwriter and novelist. His creation Rumpole will no doubt be immortal, even though we're told that some of the later episodes were tired and uninventive because Mortimer was getting bored with the character.

I found that Graham Lord gave due credit to John Mortimer for his mould-breaking appearances in court. He, Roy Jenkins and one or two others can be credited for breaking up the rigid establishment mindset that ruled until the permissive Sixties. That was some achievement.

No, I found this pretty objective and a good read. The author was right: the authorised version would not have been anything like as interesting.
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4.0 out of 5 starsRumpole and the Right Wing Biographer
By Mr. C. Hallam on 25 Oct. 2010
Format: Hardcover
The cuddly and benign image of lawyer/Rumpole of the Bailey creator John Mortimer comes under serious attack in this hostile unauthorised biography, published before Mortimer's death in 2009.
Mortimer's early behaviour is certainly impossible to defend. Overcoming his , he seems to have seduced or at least attempted to seduce practically every woman he came across and treated his first wife Penelope appallingly.
During the second half of his life, however, I felt Mortimer came across a lot better. It's impossible not to admire his prodigious literary output or indeed, his consistent and admirable position as a defender of liberty and free speech.
At this point, the motives of biographer Graham Lord start increasingly to come into question. Not only does he reveal he had a falling out with Mortimer as he began to research the book but Lord is clearly politically motivated. Many of the things he attacks Mortimer for such as being a socialist (shock horror!), a defender of the permissive society (how terrible!) and not believing in God (gasp!), will only stand up as criticisms if you share Lord's 1980s Thatcherite tabloid newspaper political outlook. He also clearly doesn't understand how parliamentary majorities work.
Despite these failings, I nonetheless, thoroughly enjoyed this biography of an undeniably flawed man who led a thoroughly rich and eventful life.
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4.0 out of 5 starsDevestatingly Honest
By William D. Freeman on 18 Nov. 2007
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True this book has a waspish tone especially towards the end when it becomes perhaps too bitter (no doubt reflecting the book's gestation), BUT it is still an excellent example of the biographer's art. I don't agree with all of Lord's conclusions (especially about Mortimer's books which I rate highly) but Lord does have opionions which he expresses succinctly and is clearly not afraid to grapple with his subject and call him out on many important points. This is a far superior work to the lugubrious "Authorized Biography" by Valerie Grove.
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2.0 out of 5 starsRumpole And The Turning Grave
By p j connolly on 3 Jan. 2006
Format: Hardcover
An unapologetic hatchet job detailing the sexual shenanigans of John Mortimer QC over the course of what seems like a rather fruity, adventurous life. Author comes across as somewhat mean spirited and a bit of a prude.
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