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Genre/Form: | Mystery fiction Historical fiction Fiction History |
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Named Person: | Renjie Di; Renjie Di |
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Hans van Gulik |
ISBN: | 9780226848723 0226848728 |
OCLC Number: | 963872081 |
Description: | 184 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
Responsibility: | by Robert van Gulik ; with eight illustrations drawn by the author in Chinese style. |
Abstract:
On the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in AD 699 a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a woman turns up in a country mansion. Judge Dee steps in to investigate the murders. He discovers that these two deaths are connected by an ancient tragedy involving a treasure stolen from the Imperial Harem one hundred years earlier.
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"If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee and his faithful Sgt. Hoong, I envy you that initial pleasure which comes from the discovery of a great detective story. For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes." - Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times "The title of this book and the book itself have much in common. Each is a jewel, a rare and precious find." - Atlanta Times" Read more...
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