Review: Very Nice Dive into the World of Judge Dee - GRATIS too, so...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
... take them on the spot!Robert Van Gulik has written more than twenty stories about Judge Dee, who is an historically confirmed legal scholar under the chinese Empress Wu Zetian (c. 625 – 705), also known as Wu Zhao and (in English) as Empress Consort Wu, who was a Chinese sovereign and ruled officially under the name of her self-proclaimed "Zhou Dynasty", from 690 to 705.The Judge Dee character is based on the historical figure Di Renjie (c. 630– c. 700), magistrate and statesman of the Wu court.So if You are interested in Chinese history and the "Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee", too,  here is an attractive opportunity to dive GRATIS into the 'crime scenes' of ancient China! Be prepared for some supernatural hand helping the Judge every now and then...