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Tonke Dragt was born in Jakarta in 1930 and spent most of her childhood in Indonesia. 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 sixteen languages. Dragt was awarded the State Prize for Youth Literature in 1976 and was knighted in 2001. She died in 2024.A true page-turner
Sunday Times
A thrilling, page-turning tale... My 10- and 11-year-old were both gripped
Telegraph
This 1962 pulse-pounding epic... will keep all high-fantasy addicts riveted from the first page
Metro
A seamless translation...Tonke Dragt's novel has the simplicity of plot and clarity of expression characteristic of great children's fiction... this spellbinding classic of high fantasy never once flags
- James Lovegrove, Financial Times
A cracker
Spectator
The award-winning translator Laura Watkinson conveys its rich symbolism, vividness and economy of style
- Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times, Children's Books of the Year 2013
Beautifully constructed... gripping, delightful and true
Guardian
Will get pulses racing... Pushkin Press deserves every praise for publishing this beautifully translated, well-presented and captivating book
- Amanda Craig, The Times
A fast-moving, wonderful old-style adventure... cinematic in its visual detail... a European classic... far loftier than Harry Potter
- Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
An old-fashioned quest story... a wonderfully simple, wonderfully gripping story
Spectator
My ten-year-old daughter says [The Letter for the King] is the best book she's ever read
Mail on Sunday