Goldsmith and the Master Thief

A translation of an Indonesian story of two very different twins caught up in wild adventures, from the author of "The Letter For The King".

About the author

Tonke Dragt writes and illustrates books of adventure, fantasy and fairy tales. She was born in 1930 in Jakarta. When she was twelve, she was imprisoned in a Japanese camp, where she wrote her very first book using begged and borrowed paper. After the war, she moved to the Netherlands with her family, and eventually became an art teacher. She published her first book in 1961, and a year later this was followed by her most famous story, The Letter for the King, which won the Children's Book of the Year Award and has been translated into sixteen languages. She was awarded the State Prize for Youth Literature in 1976 and was knighted in 2001.

Summary

The first English translation of a classic adventure involving two very different twins from the celebrated author of The Letter for the King.

Product details

• Authors: Tonke Dragt, Tonke (Author) Dragt
• Assisted by: Laura (Translator) Watkinson (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781782692461
• ISBN: 978-1-78269-246-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Subject: Children's and young people's books