Robert van Gulik

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Robert van Gulik


Born
in Zutphen, Netherlands
August 09, 1910

Died
September 24, 1967

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Robert Hans van Gulik was a Dutch diplomat best known for his Judge Dee stories. His first published book, The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, was a translation of an eighteenth-century Chinese murder mystery by an unknown author; he went on to write new mysteries for Judge Dee, a character based on a historical figure from the seventh century. He also wrote academic books, mostly on Chinese history.

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Celebrated Cases Of Judge Dee

3.92 avg rating — 2,566 ratings — published 1949 — 32 editions
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The Chinese Gold Murders

3.95 avg rating — 1,974 ratings — published 1959 — 2 editions
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The Chinese Maze Murders

4.12 avg rating — 1,893 ratings — published 1951
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The Chinese Bell Murders

4.08 avg rating — 1,842 ratings — published 1958 — 81 editions
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The Haunted Monastery

4.01 avg rating — 1,867 ratings — published 1961 — 74 editions
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The Chinese Lake Murders (R...

4.10 avg rating — 1,811 ratings — published 1960 — 87 editions
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The Red Pavilion

4.06 avg rating — 1,517 ratings — published 1961 — 67 editions
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The Chinese Nail Murders

4.15 avg rating — 1,443 ratings — published 1961 — 50 editions
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The Lacquer Screen

4.03 avg rating — 1,429 ratings — published 1962 — 67 editions
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The Emperor's Pearl

4.07 avg rating — 1,312 ratings — published 1963 — 73 editions
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“Though everything will seem dark to you now, remember that even behind the darkest clouds of night there shines the moon of dawn.”
Robert van Gulik, Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories

“Justice outweighs human life.”
Robert van Gulik, The Chinese Bell Murders

“Yau proposed another round, then asked: 'Is it true that to the west of the Khalif's domain there live white-skinned people, with blue eyes and yellow hair?'

'There can't be men like that!' Chiao Tai protested. 'Must be ghosts or devils!'(49)”
Robert van Gulik, Murder in Canton

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