• Poets and Murder

    A Chinese Detective Story

    Robert Hans van Gulik Charles Scribner's Sons SQU 9999903142812 Article 0,00 €
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    Master detective Judge Dee sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers that complicated passions lurk beneath the seemingly tranquil landscape of academic life. A student has been murdered; a beautiful poetess is accused of whipping her maidservant to death; and further mysteries lie in...
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  • Details

    • Book binding : Paperback
    • Preservation state : 3. Good
    • Publication Date : 11/06/2024
    • Year of edition : 0
    • Authors : Robert Hans van Gulik
    • Number of pages : 173
    Master detective Judge Dee sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers that complicated passions lurk beneath the seemingly tranquil landscape of academic life. A student has been murdered; a beautiful poetess is accused of whipping her maidservant to death; and further mysteries lie in the shadows of the Shrine of the Black Fox. "The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik's skilled hands, comes vividly alive again."--Allen J. Hubin, New York Times Book Review"If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee, I envy you that initial pleasure . . . the discovery of a great detective story. For the magistrate of Poo-yan belongs in that select group headed by Sherlock Holmes."--Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times"Pleasing as a cup of jasmine tea."--Parade of BooksRobert van Gulik (1910-67), a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture, drew his plots from the popular detective novels that appeared in seventeenth-century China. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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