The Letter For The King, Tonke Dragt
The Letter For The King, Tonke Dragt
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The Letter For The King

Author: Tonke Dragt, Laura Watkinson

Narrator: Matt Addis

Unabridged: 15 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/14/2019


Synopsis

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

A young messenger. A secret mission. A kingdom in peril.

It is the dead of night. 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...

The Letter for the King is the thrilling story of one boy's battle against evil, set in an enchanted world of chivalry, courage and true friendship.

About The Author

Tonke Dragt was born in Jakarta in 1930 and spent most of her childhood there. When she was twelve, she was interned in a camp run by the Japanese occupiers, where she wrote (with a friend) her very first book using begged and borrowed paper. Her family moved to the Netherlands after the war and, after studying at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Dragt became an art teacher. She published her first book in 1961, followed a year later by The Letter for the King, which won the Children's Book of the Year award and has been translated into twenty-five languages. Dragt was awarded the State Prize for Youth Literature in 1976 and was knighted in 2001.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on December 11, 2023

Upon discovering a character I admire and adore, I often aspire to become that character. Emulate a new role model, envision greater goals and dream of different worlds to conquer. In this case, though, I would never set myself up for that fall. Merely a human being, a perfectly plausible person; Ti......more