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The Emperor's Pearl - Robert van Gulik

The Emperor's Pearl

A Judge Dee Mystery
Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2008
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-84872-3 (ISBN)
CHF 20,95 inkl. MwSt
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.
It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in AD 699: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young woman turns up in a deserted country mansion. There, Judge Dee - tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger - steps in to investigate the murders and return order to the Tang Dynasty.In "The Emperor's Pearl", the judge discovers that these two deaths are connected by an ancient tragedy involving a near-legendary treasure stolen from the Imperial Harem one hundred years earlier. The terrifying figure of the White Lady, a river goddess enshrined on a bloodstained altar, looms in the background of the investigation. Clues are few and elusive, but under the expert hand of Robert van Gulik, this mythic jigsaw puzzle assembles itself into a taut mystery.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.11.2008
Sprache englisch
Maße 14 x 20 mm
Gewicht 227 g
Themenwelt Literatur Krimi / Thriller / Horror
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 0-226-84872-8 / 0226848728
ISBN-13 978-0-226-84872-3 / 9780226848723
Zustand Neuware
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