Highly entertaining and well read

An excellent set of engaging and entertaining stories. The narration is good. At first I thought Horace sounded a bit too full bodied like an over oaked bottle of chateau Thames Embankment, but it grew on me and the narration and voicing of all the other characters was excellent.

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A joy to listen to

Loved it - beautifully read! Classic Rumpole weaving his clever, amusing tales - somehow always winning his cases.

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Love this series

Bill Wallis is a masterly reader and these stories are superb. I can pay no higher tribute than say I have immediately ordered the next in the series!

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As if Leo MKern was still with us.

Bill Wallis was an inspired choice to read these stories. He is an excellent character actor and a good impressionist. He has the ability to (although not mimic) Leo McKern's turn of phrase as the irrasible Horace Rumpole. These plays (as that is what they are) are highly recommended and an utter pleasure to hear. I very much enjoy Timothy West also as he is an irrasible 'old hack' and makes the part his own. I was hoping to get Rumpole of the Defence next, this is read by Robert Hardy, whom, like Timothy and Bill, is one of our great actors and is brilliant in every role he is in. There is only one thing that would improve these audio books, but it would require a seance.

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Very amusing

These tales get funnier and funnier and the narration is perfect - hard to imagine a better narrator.

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A Thread Truly Well Spun

Another excellent performance by the inestimable Bill Wallis as the immortal Horace Rumpole. And well done, She Who Must!

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Amusing.

I love the narration of the different characters. Mortimer definitely takes you into a world where the most intelligent and most competent of professionals, mostly, do not rise to lofty positions in this world. Rumpole has imagination and is able to match his thoughts to those geniuses which have gone before him; Wordsworth and Shakespeare, to name but a few. This sustains in times when he is, truly, surrounded by stupidity. I suspect his errant relationship with his wife is outdated, but it is of his time. And is still amusing with all of that. Audible's presentation is good and these stories have sustained me on many a sleepless night.

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Classic Rumpole. Great for car journeys.

What did you like most about Rumpole and the Golden Thread?

I subscribed to Audible because I make regular long car journeys from London to Cornwall or London to the South of France. These Rumpole episodes are 90 minutes long which is the perfect journey time between rest breaks.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Rumpole and the Golden Thread?

His experiences in darkest Africa.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

How can one person produce so many distinct male and female voices?

On the minus side, some of the soundtrack was a bit muffled and hard to hear over road noise.

Any additional comments?

Will definitely be buying more Rumpole!

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Rumpole and the Golden Thread

Thoroughly enjoyable and easy listening. The writing is very good and has made me laugh. The narrator really makes it too. Great.

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Nice gentle listening

I like Rumpole, Bill Wallis as narrator took a little getting used to after my usual listening on Radio 4. But then I found him to be excellent in the role. Rumpole's cases are always fun and not too 'heavy', sometimes I like to have a little light relief.
All in all a really enjoyable book.

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