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The Lacquer Screen

The Lacquer Screen

Robert van Gulik

First published 1962

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180
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about 3.5 h
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Part of a seriesVan Gulik's Judge Dee series17 volumes
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The Lacquer Screen is a gong'an detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China. It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee, a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700 AD.

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Reading order · Van Gulik's Judge Dee series

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  1. The Chinese Maze Murders
    The Chinese Maze Murders1951 · 4 ratingsStart here
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  2. The Chinese Bell Murders
    The Chinese Bell Murders1958 · 5 ratings
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  3. The Chinese Gold Murders
    The Chinese Gold Murders1959 · 1 rating
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  4. Six Cases for Judge Dee
    Six Cases for Judge Dee1960
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  5. The Chinese Lake Murders
    The Chinese Lake Murders1960 · 2 ratings
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  6. The Chinese Nail Murders
    The Chinese Nail Murders1961 · 7 ratings
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  7. The Haunted Monastery
    The Haunted Monastery1961 · 2 ratings
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  8. The Red Pavilion
    The Red Pavilion1961 · 4 ratings
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  9. The Lacquer Screen
    The Lacquer Screen1962 · 4 ratingsThis book
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  10. The Emperor's Pearl
    The Emperor's Pearl1963
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  11. The Morning of the Monkey
    The Morning of the Monkey1964
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  12. The Monkey and the Tiger
    The Monkey and the Tiger1965
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  13. Murder in Canton
    Murder in Canton1966 · 1 rating
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  14. The Phantom of the Temple
    The Phantom of the Temple1966
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  15. Judge Dee at Work
    Judge Dee at Work1967
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  16. Necklace and Calabash
    Necklace and Calabash1967
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  17. Poets and Murder
    Poets and Murder1968 · 1 rating
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