Murder in Canton A Judge Dee Mystery

Name: Murder in Canton A Judge Dee Mystery
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ISBN: 9780226848747

ISBN-10: 0226848744

ISBN-13: 9780226848747

Edition: 1966

Authors: Robert van Gulik

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Brought back into print in the 1990s to wide acclaim, re-designed new editions of Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee Mysteries are now available. Written by a Dutch diplomat and scholar during the 1950s and 1960s, these lively and historically accurate mysteries have entertained a devoted following for decades. Set during the T'ang dynasty, they feature Judge Dee, a brilliant and cultured Confucian magistrate disdainful of personal luxury and corruption, who cleverly selects allies to help him navigate the royal courts, politics, and ethnic tensions in imperial China. Robert van Gulik modeled Judge Dee on a magistrate of that name who lived in the seventh century, and he drew on stories and…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1966
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.72" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396

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.



Chiao Tai loses a companion Tao Gan meets the Golden Bell Prefect Pao presents Yau and Liang to Judge Dee Mansur entertains his guests A meeting at the temple fairChiao Tai visits the Smaragdine dancer Tao Gan and Judge Dee Chiao Tai converses with Captain Nee Tao Gan disturbs a reading lady Dananir welcomes unexpected guests Judge Dee discusses a chess problem A warrior's death