Robert van Gulik with wife Shui Shih-fang 1946
Sample of authors
Gulik, Robert van
Robert Hans van Gulik was born in Zutphen, the Netherlands, and grew up in Batavia (now Jakarta) in the former Dutch East Indies, where his father served as a medical officer in the Dutch Army. Van Gulik’s father collected Chinese porcelain and passed his interest on to his son who taught himself Mandarin. Robert van Gulik was fascinated by Chinese history and culture, and he became an authority o...
Literary figures
Hamilton Cleek
Gender: Male
Since his childhood, he has been a thief, feared for his skill and his ability to disguise himself as quick as a flash so that he is totally unrecognisable. After he is 30, however, he adopts a new role and becomes a master detective, often engaged by Scotland Yard, author Thomas W. Hanshew tells us. Hamilton Cleek is tall, always elegantly dressed, has a narrow nose, looks aristocratic and...