Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story (Judge Dee Mysteries)
by van Gulik, Robert
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0226848701
- ISBN 13
- 9780226848709
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Synopsis
Necklace and Calabash 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 features eight illustrations by the author. Necklace and Calabash was the last Judge Dee novel published during van Gulik's lifetime.
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- Wonder Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story (Judge Dee Mysteries)
- Author
- van Gulik, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0226848701
- ISBN 13
- 9780226848709
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1992-12
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