Murder in Canton: A Chinese Detective Story
by Van Gulik, Robert
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0684167379
- ISBN 13
- 9780684167374
- Seller
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Hollis Center, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966 Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good +. Soft cover. A very nice copy. 208 pages..
Synopsis
Murder in Canton is a detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang Dynasty). It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie), a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700. The book contains twelve illustrations and a map of Canton by the author.
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- Bookseller
- UHR Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060529
- Title
- Murder in Canton: A Chinese Detective Story
- Author
- Van Gulik, Robert
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0684167379
- ISBN 13
- 9780684167374
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- study, studies, readers, reading, writers, writing, author, culture, society, cultural, literature, literary, history, historical, reference, resource, man, mankind, Humanity, Chinese, China, detective, novel, Fiction
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