The Phantom of the Temple: A Judge Dee Mystery

van Gulik, Robert

ISBN 10: 0226848779 / ISBN 13: 9780226848778

Edité par University of Chicago Press, 2007

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Synopsis :

A diabolically clever puzzle mystery that could only be solved by Judge Dee, a detective the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes

Judge Dee presided over his imperial Chinese court with a unique brand of Confucian justice. A near mythic figure in China, he distinguished himself as a tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger. Long after his death, accounts of his exploits were celebrated in Chinese folklore, and later immortalized by Robert van Gulik in his electrifying mysteries.

In The Phantom of the Temple, three separate puzzles—the disappearance of a wealthy merchant's daughter, twenty missing bars of gold, and a decapitated corpse—are pieced together by the clever judge to solve three murders and one complex, gruesome plot.

À propos de l?auteur:

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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Phantom of the Temple: A Judge Dee ...
Éditeur : University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition : 2007
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Very Good