Poets and Murder A Judge Dee Mystery

Name: Poets and Murder A Judge Dee Mystery
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ISBN: 9780226848761

ISBN-10: 0226848760

ISBN-13: 9780226848761

Edition: 1968

Authors: Robert van Gulik

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Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. A mild-mannered student is rumored to have been slain by a fox-demon, while a young dancer meets her death as she dresses to perform for the magistrate's illustrious dinner guests—an obese Zen monk revered for his calligraphy, a beautiful poetess accused of murder, and the past president of the imperial academy. To connect the present crimes with betrayals and adulteries from decades past, the clever judge must visit a high-class brothel and the haunted shrine of the Black Fox. From the moment the young…

Book details

List price: $12.00
Copyright year: 1968
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.95" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.550
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.



Illustrations Counsellor Kao visits the sexton


A merchant welcomes two magistrates Judge Dee visits the Academician


A flute-player quarrels with a dancer Judge Dee in the Shrine of the Black Fox


The banquet in the residence Judge Dee consults the archive The poetess inscribes a pillar