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This 1966 installation in the Judge Dee mystery series finds the ancient Chinese detective investigating a triple mystery of a disappearance, a theft, and a decapitated body.
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This 1966 installation in the Judge Dee mystery series finds the ancient Chinese detective investigating a triple mystery of a disappearance, a theft, and a decapitated body.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Judge Dee presided over his imperial Chinese court with a unique brand of Confucian justice. A near mythic figure in China, he distinguished himself as a tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger. Long after his death, accounts of his exploits were celebrated in Chinese folklore, and later immortalized by Robert van Gulik in his electrifying mysteries.
In The Phantom of the Temple, three separate puzzles—the disappearance of a wealthy merchant's daughter, twenty missing bars of gold, and a decapitated corpse—are pieced together by the clever judge to solve three murders and one complex, gruesome plot.
“Judge Dee belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes. I assure you it is a compliment not given frivolously.”—Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
Robert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.
In The Phantom of the Temple, three separate puzzles—the disappearance of a wealthy merchant's daughter, twenty missing bars of gold, and a decapitated corpse—are pieced together by the clever judge to solve three murders and one complex, gruesome plot.
“Judge Dee belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes. I assure you it is a compliment not given frivolously.”—Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
Robert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.
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She stared in silence at the thing lying on the rim of the old well. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sergeant Hoong, Lee Ko, Lee Mai, Ming Ao, First Lady, Spring Cloud, Third Lady, King of the Beggars, Temple of the Purple Clouds, Imperial Treasurer, Yang Mou-te, After Ma Joong, Temple of the War God, Bell Tower, Temple of Confucius New!
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She stared in silence at the thing lying on the rim of the old well. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
east city gate, retired prefect, deserted temple, ebony box, tiger mask Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sergeant Hoong, Lee Ko, Lee Mai, Ming Ao, First Lady, Spring Cloud, Third Lady, King of the Beggars, Temple of the Purple Clouds, Imperial Treasurer, Yang Mou-te, After Ma Joong, Temple of the War God, Bell Tower, Temple of Confucius New!
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