The Emperor's Pearl: A Judge Dee Mystery (1994)

The Emperor's Pearl: A Judge Dee Mystery Wydawca: University of Chicago Press Opis produktu A fiendishly clever mystery that can only be unraveled by the unflappable Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes The latest puzzling mystery facing Jude Dee begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: 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. Specyfikacja SKU: UNCH000457561 EAN: 9780226848723 Waga: 204 g Author: Van Gulik, Robert Binding: Paperback Pages: 192 Publication Year: 2008 BISAC Category 1: FIC022000 BISAC Category 2: FIC050000