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The Phantom of the Temple (Judge Dee, Bk 14)
The Phantom of the Temple - Judge Dee, Bk 14 Author:Robert van Gulik Imperial China, T'ang dynasty, seventh century A.D. -- home of imperial magistrate and detective Judge Dee. A near mythic figure, Judge Dee distinguished himself as tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger. Long after his death, accounts of his exploits were celebrated in Chinese folklore. — In The Phantom of the Temple, thr... more »ee 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.
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.« less