Judge Dee at Work

by Robert van Gulik

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226848983
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	07/15/2010
Series:	The Judge Dee Mysteries
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	186
Sales rank:	163,696
File size:	724 KB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

1. Five Auspicious Clouds
2. The Red Tape Murder
3. He Came with the Rain
4. The Murder on the Lotus Pond
5. The Two Beggars
6. The Wrong Sword
7. The Coffins of the Emperor
8. Murder on New Year's Eve
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Judge Dee Chronology