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The Haunted Monastery and the Chinese Maze Murders: Two Chinese Detective Novels, With 27 Illustrations by the Author

The Haunted Monastery and the Chinese Maze Murders

Penned By Robert van Gulik
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The Haunted Monastery and the Chinese Maze Murders: Two Chinese Detective Novels, With 27 Illustrations by the Author

The Haunted Monastery and the Chinese Maze Murders

Penned By Robert van Gulik
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Two full novels by Orientalist and diplomat Robert van Gulik recount the further fictional adventures of the renowned Judge Dee, a real-life magistrate and statesman of seventh-century T'ang China. Accurate in their background and thrillingly imaginative and original in their storytelling, van Gulik's novels abound in atmospheric entertainment. 27 illustrations.

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Length 328 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Dover Publications, Inc.
Released 1977
Identifier (ISBN) 1055476
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Robert van Gulik writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Robert van Gulik lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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