Murder in Canton - Van Gulik, Robert
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Murder in Canton takes place in 680 A.D. Judge Dee, now 51 years old and recently promoted to Lord Chief Justice, is sent to Canton to investigate the disappearance of a court censor. With the help of his trusted lieutenants Chiao Tai, Tao Gan and a clever blind girl who collects crickets, Dee solves the traditional three puzzles--"The Vanished Censor, The Smaragdine Dancer, and The Golden Bell." "Pure delight."--Anthony Boucher, New York TimesRobert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese…mehr

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Murder in Canton takes place in 680 A.D. Judge Dee, now 51 years old and recently promoted to Lord Chief Justice, is sent to Canton to investigate the disappearance of a court censor. With the help of his trusted lieutenants Chiao Tai, Tao Gan and a clever blind girl who collects crickets, Dee solves the traditional three puzzles--"The Vanished Censor, The Smaragdine Dancer, and The Golden Bell." "Pure delight."--Anthony Boucher, New York TimesRobert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.
In his attempts to solve three perplexing murders, Judge Dee uncovers a plot to take over key positions in the Tang government.
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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.