by Robert van Gulik · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264005458
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«La perle de l'empereur» is the historical crime novel by Robert van Gulik, published by 10/18 in paperback (286 pages, in French).
Judge Dee, posted to Pou-yang, attends the dragon boat race when a drummer on one vessel dies of poisoning. The magistrate must find the link between that murder, the death of a young student, and rumours about a stolen imperial treasure.
Tenth instalment of the Judge Dee series in chronological order. Grands détectives collection (no. 1580). Original title: The Emperor's Pearl (1963); French translation by Roger Guerbet.
For readers of historical crime fiction and mystery set in ancient China.
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.
