{"product_id":"king-winters-birthday","title":"King Winters Birthday","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gorgeously illustrated and magical original fairy tale celebrating the seasons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the leaves and the trees whisper a warning, and as the four play magical games, something strange begins to happen outside.\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story of the four seasons and a demanding birthday boy lay undiscovered for decades – until now.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57197569671550,"sku":"NW9781782694670","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781782694670.jpg?v=1778549447","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/king-winters-birthday","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}