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“Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee was written by an anonymous author in the 17th or 18th century… The detective is based on Di Renjie (630-700), who is known to have solved many puzzling cases in real life. In this fictionalised novel, he is magistrate in a district of Shandong province, meaning that he was the detective, prosecutor and judge for the district town and surrounding areas.” Read more...
Tuva Kahrs, Five Books Editor
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