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Judge Dee - The Emperor's Pearl
Robert Van Gulik
188 pages, 185 x 125 mm, ISBN - 9971490625
black & white illustrations
Price - S$14.90 Availability - out print
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The Emperor's Pearl opens on the night of the Poo-yang dragon boat races, when the drummer of the favourite boat suddenly collapses under the astonished eyes of the spectators on the banks of the Grand Canal. Then, at the beginning of his inquiry into the death of the poisoned drummer, Judge Dee, master detective of ancient China, finds the body of a beautiful young woman, cruelly murdered in a deserted country mansion.
He discovers that these two deaths are connected with an ancient tragedy involving the theft of the Emperor's Pearl, a near-legendary treasure that was stolen from the Imperial Harem one hundred yeas before. And in the background of the investigation looms the terrifying figure of the White Lady, the River Goddess whose colossal marble statue stands lonely on the blood-stained altar of her ruined shrine.
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