
Robert van Gulik
Author · 30 books
Robert Hans van Gulik was a Dutch diplomat best known for his Judge Dee stories. His first published book, The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, was a translation of an eighteenth-century Chinese murder mystery by an unknown author; he went on to write new mysteries for Judge Dee, a character based on a historical figure from the seventh century. He also wrote academic books, mostly on Chinese history.
Series
Books

Les nouvelles enquêtes du juge Ti
2007

The Red Pavilion
1961

Poisoned Bride and Other Judge Dee Mysteries
2001

The Chinese Lake Murders
1960

Les enquêtes du juge Ti
2004

Sexual Life in Ancient China
A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Sex and Society from ca. 1500 B.C. till 1644 A.D.
1974

Lore of the Chinese Lute
1969

The Monkey and The Tiger
1965

The Night of the Tiger
1963

The Chinese Gold Murders
1959

The Emperor's Pearl
1963
The Morning of the Monkey
1964

The Chinese Nail Murders
1961

Judge Dee at Work
Eight Chinese Detective Stories
1967

Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee
An Authentic Eighteenth-Century Chinese Detective Novel
1949

Murder in Ancient China
Two Judge Dee Mysteries
2013

Les débuts du juge Ti
2004

Red Tape Murder
1986

The Haunted Monastery
1961

Trois enquêtes du juge Ti
Meurtre sur un bateau-de-fleurs, Assassins et poètes, Le fantôme du temple
2018

Necklace and Calabash
1967

Poets and Murder
1968

The Phantom of the Temple
1966

Murder in Canton
1966

The Willow Pattern
1965

Erotic Colour Prints of the Ming Period (2 Vols)
With an Essay on Chinese Sex Life from the Han to the Ch'ing Dynasty, B.C. 206-A.D. 1644. Authorized ... Leidensia)
1989

The Chinese Maze Murders
1951

The Chinese Bell Murders
1958

Moord op het maanfeest
1968

The Lacquer Screen
1962