The Chinese bell murders ; with an introd. by Donald F. Lach.
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Author
Publication
1977 - The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
71,750 words, Guess
Page Count
287 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100226848620
- ISBN-139780226848624
- Goodreads1216946
- Library of Congress Control Number77080378
- OCLC Control Number3806589
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780226848624
- Open LibraryOL22176726M
Classifications
- LCCPZ4G93 Cf2
- LCCPR6057U44 C4 1977
Description
<i>The Chinese Bell Murders</i> is one of a series of Judge Dee detective novels written in the 1950s by Robert van Gulik (1910-67), a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. Van Gulik drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century. (back cover copy)
First Sentence
It is now six years since I withdrew from the prosperous tea firm inherited from my father, and settled down to peaceful retirement in our country villa outside the eastern city gate.
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