Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories


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Description

The eight short stories in Judge Dee at Work cover a decade during which the judge served in four different provinces of the T'ang Empire. From the suspected treason of a general in the Chinese army to the murder of a lonely poet in his garden pavilion, the cases here are among the most memorable in the Judge Dee series.

Author: Robert Van Gulik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.22w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780226848662
ISBN10: 0226848663
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General

About the Author

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.