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Le motif du saule

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A.D. 677 As Judge Dee copes with the administration of the plague-ridden Imperial Capital, he must also bring his skills to bear on the mystery of two seemingly unconnected murders that could mean the extinction of the city's oldest, most aristocratic families. "All the charm, cruelty and fragile magic of China in the Tang Dynasty."— Chicago Sun-Times "A tense and exotic mystery."— Publishers Weekly Robert van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from popular detective novels that appeared in the seventeenth century.

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Le motif du saule, Roger Guerbet, Robert van Gulik

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1985
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Title
Le motif du saule
Language
French
Publisher
10 X 18
Released
1985
Format
Paperback
Pages
250
ISBN10
2264005432
ISBN13
9782264005434
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First published
1965
Original title
The Willow Pattern
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A.D. 677 As Judge Dee copes with the administration of the plague-ridden Imperial Capital, he must also bring his skills to bear on the mystery of two seemingly unconnected murders that could mean the extinction of the city's oldest, most aristocratic families. "All the charm, cruelty and fragile magic of China in the Tang Dynasty."— Chicago Sun-Times "A tense and exotic mystery."— Publishers Weekly Robert van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from popular detective novels that appeared in the seventeenth century.