Scan barcode
A review by lnatal
Murder in Ancient China: Two Judge Dee Mysteries by Robert van Gulik
4.0
Free download available at The University of Chicago Press Books.
Contents:
The Murder on the Lotus Pond
This case occurred in the year A.D. 667 in Han-yuan, an ancient little town built on the shore of a lake near the capital. There Judge Dee has to solve the murder of an elderly poet, who lived in retirement on his modest property behind the Willow Quarter, the abode of the courtesans and singing-girls. The poet was murdered while peacefully contemplating the moon in his garden pavilion, set in the centre of a lotus pond. There were no witnesses— or so it seemed.
Murder on New Year's Eve
The scene of this story is laid in Lan-fang. As a rule a magistrate’s term of office was three years. But at the end of the year A.D. 674, when Judge Dee had been serving four years in Lan-fang, there was still no news from the capital.
Contents:
The Murder on the Lotus Pond
This case occurred in the year A.D. 667 in Han-yuan, an ancient little town built on the shore of a lake near the capital. There Judge Dee has to solve the murder of an elderly poet, who lived in retirement on his modest property behind the Willow Quarter, the abode of the courtesans and singing-girls. The poet was murdered while peacefully contemplating the moon in his garden pavilion, set in the centre of a lotus pond. There were no witnesses— or so it seemed.
Murder on New Year's Eve
The scene of this story is laid in Lan-fang. As a rule a magistrate’s term of office was three years. But at the end of the year A.D. 674, when Judge Dee had been serving four years in Lan-fang, there was still no news from the capital.