Diese epische Saga zeichnet die Geschicke einer ehrgeizigen Familie über Jahrzehnte hinweg nach, angesiedelt vor dem Hintergrund turbulenter gesellschaftlicher und politischer Veränderungen. Sie erforscht den Konflikt zwischen Idealismus und Pragmatismus, Klassenunterschiede und persönliche Wünsche. Die Erzählungen tauchen tief in komplexe Beziehungen, moralische Zwickmühlen und das Streben nach Macht und Status im dynamisch sich entwickelnden England ein.
Why does Simeon Simcox, the CND-marching Rector of Rapstone Fanner, leave his fortune not to his two sons but to an odious Tory Minister? Mortimer's novel unveils the follies and passions of an astonishing array of characters and English life.
Leslie Titmuss is the anti-hero of "Paradise Postponed", portrayed on screen by David Threlfall. In this novel, John Mortimer continues the rise of the complaisant Titmuss, now married to a second unpleasant wife. The author has also written the "Rumpole" series of books.
The acclaimed creator of Rumpole of the Bailey gives us a hugely entertaining chronicle of English life since World War II in these two novels published together for the first time. Both dramatized on the popular PBS Masterpiece Theater series, these stories present a brilliant commentary on the England of yesterday and today.