Emperor's Pearl A Judge Dee Mystery

Name: Emperor's Pearl A Judge Dee Mystery
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ISBN: 9780226848723

ISBN-10: 0226848728

ISBN-13: 9780226848723

Edition: 1963

Authors: Robert van Gulik

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Imperial China, T'ang dynasty, seventh century A.D.—home of imperial magistrate and detective Judge Dee. A near mythic figure in the Chinese consciousness, Judge Dee distinguished himself as tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger. Long after his death, accounts of his exploits were celebrated in Chinese folklore. Van Gulik's popular Judge Dee stories, often based on actual cases, offer a vivid insight into life in traditional China.The time is 699 A.D. The place is Poo-yang, a large flourishing district in Kaingsu Province, where Judge Dee must investigate two deaths—the heart failure of a rower in the annual boat race and a murder committed in a deserted and possibly haunted…

Book details

List price: $12.00
Copyright year: 1963
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.99" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Robert van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. His many works include sixteen Judge Dee mysteries, a study of the gibbon in China, and two books on the Chinese lute.