by Robert van Gulik · 10/18 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782264006974
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«Assassins et poètes» is the historical crime novel by Robert van Gulik, published by 10/18 in paperback (279 pages, in French).
In the year 668, Judge Dee helps his friend Magistrate Lo in the district of Chin-Houa to solve several murders: that of young Song, a candidate for the literary examinations, and that of the dancer Little Phoenix. He must also clarify whether the poetess Yo-la killed a maidservant and uncover a judicial error, all in Tang dynasty China.
Eleventh instalment of the Judge Dee series in chronological order, with original title «Poets and Murder» (1968). This edition belongs to the Grands Détectives collection.
A work for readers of historical mystery and for followers of the Judge Dee series.
Robert Hans van Gulik was a Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician, and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, the protagonist of which he borrowed from the 18th-century Chinese detective novel Dee Goong An.
