Judge Dee at Work - Eight Chinese Detective Stories

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A delectable collection of cozy puzzle mysteries starring the wonderful Chinese sleuth Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes 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. Zusammenfassung Judge Dee presided over his Imperial Chinese court with a brand of Confucian justice. A near-mythic figure in China! he distinguished himself as a tribunal magistrate! inquisitor! and public avenger. This book contains eight short stories which cover a decade during which the judge served in four different provinces of the Tang Empire.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert Hans Van Gulik, Robert Van Gulik, Robert Van Gulik
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.1992
• EAN: 9780226848662
• ISBN: 978-0-226-84866-2
• Seiten: 178
• Serien: Judge Dee Mysteries; Judge Dee Mysteries
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung > Krimis, Thriller, Spionage; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Crime & mystery, Crime and mystery fiction