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Robert van Gulik

Robert Hans van Gulik (Chinese: 髙羅佩; pinyin: Gāo Luópèi) was an orientalist, diplomat, musician (of the guqin), 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. show more

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Birth date: August 09, 1910

Died: September 24, 1967

Website: www.judge-dee.info

Category:

Classics, Detective, Historical Fiction, History, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

Robert van Gulik's Books

Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An) - Robert van Gulik

The Chinese Bell Murders - Robert van Gulik

The Chinese Maze Murders - Robert van Gulik

The Monkey and The Tiger - Robert van Gulik

The Chinese Lake Murders - Robert van Gulik

The Chinese Gold Murders - Robert van Gulik

The Phantom of the Temple - Robert van Gulik

Necklace and Calabash - Robert van Gulik

Historical Whodunits - Mike Ashley, Elizabeth Peters, Herodotus, Breni James, John Maddox Roberts, Wallace Nichols, Mary Reed, Eric Mayer, Robert van Gulik, Peter Tremayne, Ellis Peters, Margaret Frazer, Mary Monica Pulver, Theodore Mathieson, Joe Gores, S.S. Rafferty, Lillian de la Torre, Raym

Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories - Robert van Gulik

Poisoned Bride And Other Judge Dee Mysteries - Robert van Gulik

Scrapbook for Chinese Collectors - Robert van Gulik

Chinese Pictorial Art as Viewed by the C...

The Chinese Maze Murders: A Judge Dee Mystery - Robert van Gulik

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Familiar Diversions rated it

5 years ago

text Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An): An Authentic Eighteenth-Century Detective Novel translated by Robert van Gulik

In this book, Judge Dee handles three cases. In the first, two traveling silk merchants stay at a hostel and are later found murdered. The hostel owner is accused of robbing and killing them, although it's immediately clear to Judge Dee that there's more to the case than that. In the second, Judge D...

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Leopard rated it

11 years ago

text The Red Pavilion , by Robert van Gulik

After the Dutch diplomat, orientalist and author Robert van Gulik (1910-1967) translated the Ming dynasty mystery novel Dee Goong An (Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee) http://leopard.booklikes.com/post/796630/celebrated-cases-of-judge-dee-by-an-anonymous-ming-dynasty-author into English and had it ...

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Lisa (Harmony) rated it

11 years ago

text Disappear Into Another World

I had read this before--decades ago as a teen and can't say even after reading it again I could say I remembered it--which is a point against it. It's a historical mystery set in China's Tang Dynasty around 700 AD and featuring Judge Dee. He's a historical figure with the kind of legendary reputatio...

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book reviews forevermore rated it

11 years ago

text The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee

“An Authentic Eighteenth Century Chinese Detective Novel.” One aspect of books and reading that I don’t often consider is the extent to which storytelling is a cultural form, often arising out of long-standing tradition. Modern American writing has such an emphasis on telling a good story as wel...

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bookaneer rated it

11 years ago

text China did it first, and China did it better

Okay, I admit it. My reading material tends to be not only Euro-centric, but Anglo-centric. While I went through a phase of absorbing quite a bit of European folklore, I have never really read much Asian mythology or ancient texts. That's going to change. I recently read Wilkie Collins' Moonston...

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