The Letter for the King
By: Tonke Dragt ; translated by Laura Watkinson
Contributors: Watkinson, Laura, translator
Edition: First edition.
Series: De brief voor de koning
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Published: August 25, 2015
Language: eng
Translated from: dut
Translation of: De brief voor de koning
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780545819787
Subjects: Knights and knighthood; Voyages and travels; Adventure stories; Adventure and adventurers; Juvenile fiction; Quests (Expeditions); Fiction
Work titles: Brief voor de Koning
Description: Sixteen-year-old Tiuri must spend hours locked in a chapel in silent contemplation if he is to be knighted the next day. But as he waits by the light of a flickering candle, he hears a knock at the door and a voice desperately asking for help.

A secret letter must be delivered to King Unauwen across the Great Mountains—a letter upon which the fate of the entire kingdom depends. Tiuri has a vital role to play, one that might cost him his knighthood.

Tiuri’s journey will take him through dark, menacing forests, across treacherous rivers, to sinister castles and strange cities. He will encounter evil enemies who would kill to get the letter, but also the best of friends in the most unexpected places.

He must trust no one.

He must keep his true identity secret.

Above all, he must never reveal what is in the letter…
Notes: "First published in the United Kingdom in 2013 by Pushkin Press."

Originally published as: De Brief voor de koning, in 1962.