The Red Pavillion

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Pty Ltd, Ringwood Victoria, Australia

First published by William Heinemann Ltd, 1964 Published in Penguin Books 1969 Copyright © Estate of Robert van Gulik, 1964

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks Set in Linotype Times

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