The Letter for the King
core novel 1962 The Letter for the King
Record
| First published | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  NL |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.18 (14,871 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 533 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9789025833923 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
On the eve of his knighthood, sixteen-year-old squire Tiuri is standing the traditional all-night vigil in a chapel in the kingdom of Dagonaut when he hears a desperate voice pleading through the door. Breaking with tradition, he steps outside and is given a sealed letter by an old stranger, who asks him to carry it to a wounded knight waiting at a nearby forest inn. Finding the knight dying, Tiuri is charged with carrying the letter onward, across the mountains, to King Unauwen in the kingdom to the west, on a mission the dying man insists is of the greatest importance. Pursued by armed riders in red and other mysterious enemies, and unable to tell who can be trusted, Tiuri sets out across hostile territory to complete a mission on which, he comes to understand, the fate of a kingdom depends.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Letter for the King
- Series: The Letter for the King core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tonke Dragt
Notes
- From the series record (The Letter for the King): Tonke Dragt's original two-book duology (De brief voor de koning, 1962; De geheimen van het Wilde Woud, 1965), a Dutch chivalric quest classic following the young squire Tiuri. Both volumes have confirmed English translations (Laura Watkinson, Pushkin Press).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Letter for the King: position 1 of 2: next The Secrets of the Wild Wood (1965)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Letter for the King
- Pushkin Press: The Secrets of the Wild Wood
- Wikipedia: The Secrets of the Wild Wood
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