The Willow Pattern
Gulik, Robert VanAs Judge Dee copes with the administration of the plague-ridden Imperial Capital, he must also bring his skills to bear on the mystery of two seemingly unconnected murders that could mean the extinction of the city's oldest, most aristocratic families.
"All the charm, cruelty and fragile magic of China in the Tang Dynasty."—Chicago Sun-Times
"A tense and exotic mystery."—Publishers Weekly
Robert 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 popular detective novels that appeared in the seventeenth century.
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Year:
2013
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0226849031
ISBN 13:
9780226849034
Series:
Judge Dee 13
File:
AZW3 , 1.46 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2013
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