Qiu Xiaolong: The Conspiracies of the Empire, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Conspiracies of the Empire
- Publisher:
- Canongate Books, 05/2025
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781448317059
- Item number:
- 12283199
- Volume:
- 224 Pages
- Ausgabe:
- Main
- Weight:
- 222 g
- Format:
- 214 x 139 mm
- Thickness:
- 17 mm
- Release date:
- 22.5.2025
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
The legendary Judge Dee Renjie returns, in this lyrical combination of mystery, history and ancient Chinese politics from the author of the renowned Inspector Chen mysteries
In Tang dynasty China, Empress Wu - seductive, ambitious and vindictive - rules with an iron fist. Her premier minister, Judge Dee Renjie, is honored to be trusted by her. But when she orders him to carry out an urgent investigation into the disappearance of disgraced poet Luo Binwang, he can't see why the matter is of such vital importance.
Luo Binwang joined a doomed uprising against Her Majesty, and vanished after the final, bloody battle. Is he missing - or dead? Either way, now that the rebellion has been mercilessly quashed, what harm could a poor, elderly poet do?
Traveling out of the great capital of Chang'an, accompanied by his loyal manservant Yang, Judge Dee launches a painstaking investigation in the hopes of achieving what the empress' secret police could not. But the journey is marred by ill omens, and with death and disaster following his every step, Judge Dee soon begins to wonder if the empress trusts him as much as he thought . . .
Biography
Qiu Xiiaolong wurde 1953 in Shanghai geboren. Er arbeitete als Übersetzer, Lyriker und Literaturkritiker. 1988 reiste er in die USA und kehrte nach dem Massaker am Tiananmen Platz nicht nach China zurück. Seit 1994 lehrt er an der Washington Universität St. Louis chinesische Literatur und Sprache.
