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The Phantom of the Temple 

 (Judge Dee)

by

Robert van Gulik

The Phantom of the Temple

(A book in the Judge Dee series)
(1965)
A novel by

Robert van Gulik

 

Judge Dee presided over his imperial Chinese court with a unique brand of Confucian justice. A near mythic figure in China, he distinguished himself as a tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger. Long after his death, accounts of his exploits were celebrated in Chinese folklore, and later immortalized by Robert van Gulik in his electrifying mysteries.

In The Phantom of the Temple, three separate puzzles - the disappearance of a wealthy merchant's daughter, twenty missing bars of gold, and a decapitated corpse - are pieced together by the clever judge to solve three murders and one complex, gruesome plot.

'Judge Dee belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes. I assure you it is a compliment not given frivolously.' - Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
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 the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.
 
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Hardback Editions

January 1967 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000SWYTIETitle: The Phantom of the Temple
Author(s): Robert Van Gulik
Publisher: Scribners
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January 1966 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000GKUWO8Title: The Phantom of the Temple
Author(s): Robert Van Gulik
Publisher: Heinemann
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Paperback Editions

December 1995 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0684161788Title: The Phantom of the Temple: A Judge Dee Mystery
Author(s): Robert Hans Van Gulik
ISBN: 0-684-16178-8 / 978-0-684-16178-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper)
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January 1980 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001OHVRXWTitle: The Phantom of the Temple
Author(s): Robert Van Gulik
Publisher: Scribners
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January 1969 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002NCYL3KTitle: The Phantom of the Temple, a Judge Dee Mystery
Author(s): Robert Van Gulik
Publisher: Panther
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January 1969 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0586026614Title: Phantom of the Temple
Author(s): Robert Van Gulik
ISBN: 0-586-02661-4 / 978-0-586-02661-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: Panther
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January 1966 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002E8LOH4Title: The Phantom of the Temple
Author(s): Robert Van Gulik
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
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December 1965 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 9971490110Title: Phantom of the Temple
Author(s): Robert Van Gulik
ISBN: 9971490110 / 9789971490119
Publisher: Graham Brash (Pte.) Ltd ,Singapore
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Audio Editions

June 1987 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 9999968503Title: Phantom of the Temple: A Judge Dee Mystery
Author(s): Frank Muller, Robert Van Gulik
ISBN: 9999968503 / 9789999968508
Publisher: Recorded Books
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