De brief voor de Koning

by Tonke Dragt · first published 1962

The Letter for the King (Dutch: De brief voor de koning, pronounced [də ˈbri foːr də ˈkoːnɪŋ]) is a children's historical novel by the Dutch writer Tonke Dragt, first published in 1962. Subsequently, The Secrets of the Wild Wood (Dutch: Geheim van het Wilde Woud), was published in 1965, and a collection of follow-up short stories, The Dangerous Window and other stories (Dutch: Het Gevaarlijke Venster en andere verhalen), in 1979. De brief voor de koning was chosen as the best Dutch youth book of the latter half of the 20th century. The book has been translated in Danish, English, German, Russian, Greek, Estonian, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Czech, Swedish, Spanish and Catalan.

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Genre:

Children's fiction

Original language:

Dutch

Reader rating:

★ 4.3 / 5 (4 on Open Library)

Year page:

1962