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| Author | Tonke Dragt |
|---|---|
| Original title | De brief voor de koning |
| Translator | Laura Watkinson |
| Illustrator | Tonke Dragt |
| Cover artist | Tonke Dragt (original) |
| Language | Dutch |
| Subject | Knight-errant |
| Genre | Fantasy Adventure |
| Set in | Middle Ages |
| Publisher | Leopold, Pushkin Press |
Publication date | 1962 |
| Publication place | Netherlands |
Published in English | 2013 |
| Pages | 339 |
| Awards | Kinderboek van het Jaar 1963 |
| Followed by | The Secrets of the Wild Wood |
The Letter for the King (Dutch: De brief voor de koning, pronounced [də ˈbri foːr də ˈkoːnɪŋ]) is a book 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, Spanish and Catalan.