Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee: An Authentic Eighteenth-Century Chinese Detective Novel (Audiobook)

from JackMassa

Enjoyable as a mystery novel, but mostly interesting to me for all the knowledge it provides on daily life, society, government, and law in Tang China.

from NatalieSW

I listened to this on Audible this time; I read all the Judge Dee books years ago and enjoyed this one again. Van Gulik was born in the Netherlands, but grew up in Jakarta -- then Batavia. He learned a lot of languages well and took a PhD in Leiden before becoming a diplomat, then worked in Japan...

from jobinsonlis

There was an upsetting amount of torture in this book but overall I really enjoyed it. It's really fascinating to read a mystery set in a time, place, and judicial system that is so unknown to me (although van Gulik gives a great overview). I'll definitely try reading van Gulik's original novels ...

from michaeleconomy

weird ancient chinese detective drama.I read this for world history II.

from TracyK1

I like the book. It is different from the other's that this author wrote, although he keeps it pretty close. This is a translated book written by someone else in the 18th century that was later translated by Robert Van Gulik during WWII. It is a very good read and you also get an interesting hist...