Title Statements
- Full title :Murder in Canton / by Robert van Gulik ; with twelve illustrations drawn by the author in Chinese style.
Summary
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.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1993.
- Edition:University of Chicago Press ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication:Chicago
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1993.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (207 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780226849058, 0226849058
- oclc:ocn688291752
- LC Classification:PR9130.G8
- Dewey Decimal:823/.914
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