{"product_id":"king-winters-birthday","title":"King Winter's Birthday","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gorgeously illustrated and magical original fairy tale celebrating the seasons. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe beautiful story of the seasons gathering to revel in the magic of the natural world, adapted from a rediscovered work by a Jewish author during World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's King Winter's birthday, and he wants it to be really special. He wants all of his brothers and sisters to be there: King Summer, Queen Spring and Queen Autumn. But the leaves and the trees whisper a warning, and as the four play magical games, something strange begins to happen outside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis timeless fairy tale is a celebration of nature's rhythms, and of a chaotic world restored to order. It was adapted from a story by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e. Boschwitz was a refugee from Nazi Germany: he fled, aged 20, in 1935. Young as he was, he understood that it was not safe for someone like him, with a Jewish-born father, to stay. He went from country to country until he made it to England in 1939. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore long, Britain was at war with Germany, which meant Ulrich was branded an \"enemy alien\" and so, along with other German Jews, he was interned in a camp in the Isle of Man. There he wrote \u003ci\u003eKing Winter's Birthday\u003c\/i\u003e, which he called \u003ci\u003eA Fairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. The story was never published, and Boschwitz was tragically killed in an attack by a German submarine when he was being transported from Australia back to England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis story of the four seasons and a demanding birthday boy lay undiscovered for decades - until now.","brand":"Emily Sutton, Jonathan Freedland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288406704364,"sku":"9781782694670","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47288406737132,"sku":"9781782695677","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781782694670.jpg?v=1770549580","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/king-winters-birthday","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}