The emperor's pearl

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The emperor's pearl

a Chinese detective story

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It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young woman turns up in a deserted country mansion. There, Judge Dee—tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger—steps in to investigate the murders and return order to the Tang Dynasty.

In The Emperor’s Pearl, the judge discovers that these two deaths are connected by an ancient tragedy involving a near-legendary treasure stolen from the Imperial Harem one hundred years earlier. The terrifying figure of the White Lady, a river goddess enshrined on a bloodstained altar, looms in the background of the investigation. Clues are few and elusive, but under the expert hand of Robert van Gulik, this mythic jigsaw puzzle assembles itself into a taut mystery.

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Scribner
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English
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184

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Cover of: Yu zhu qi an
Yu zhu qi an: The emperor's pearl
2002, Lian pu chu ban
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: The emperor's pearl
The emperor's pearl: a Judge Dee mystery
1994, University of Chicago Press
in English - University of Chicago Press ed.
Cover of: The emperor's pearl
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Cover of: The emperor's pearl

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184 p. :
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