About “The Lacquer Screen”
The Lacquer Screen is a gong'an detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China. Published in 1962, it is a work of fiction based on the real historical figure of Judge Dee, a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court who lived roughly from 630 to 700 AD. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 1962