The Letter for the King

A SUNDAY TIMES, METRO AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘Brilliant, extraordinary’ The Times, Books of the Year

‘Captivating, pulse-racing’ Amanda Craig

‘Gripping, delightful’ Guardian

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The fate of a kingdom depends on just one person…

When sixteen-year-old Tiuri answers a desperate call for help, he finds himself on a perilous mission that could cost him his life. He must deliver a secret letter to the King who lives across the Great Mountains a letter upon which the future of the entire realm depends.

It means abandoning his home, breaking all the rules and leaving everything behind even the knighthood that he has dreamed of for so long.

He must trust no one.
He must keep his true identity secret.
Above all, he must never reveal what is in the letter.

‘A passionate struggle to find justice, truth and chivalry in a world permeated by evil … captivating’ Sunday Times

‘Gripping from its opening moment … doesn’t miss a beat … a thrilling adventure which is full of heart’ Julia Eccleshare

‘A pulse-pounding epic … will keep all high-fantasy addicts riveted from the first page’ Metro

‘Gripping, delightful and true’ Guardian

About the Author

Tonke Dragt was born in 1930 in Indonesia. When she was twelve, she was imprisoned in a Japanese camp during war, where she wrote her very first book using begged and borrowed paper. After the war, she and her family moved to the Netherlands, where she became an art teacher. She published her first book in 1961, and a year later this was followed by her most famous story, The Letter for the King, which won the Children’s Book of the Year Award and has been translated into sixteen languages. She was awarded the State Prize for Youth Literature in 1976 and was knighted in 2001.