Text copyright © 1990 by Patricia C. Wrede
Introduction copyright © 2015 by Patricia C. Wrede
All rights reserved. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Harcourt Children’s Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1990.
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Portions of chapters 1 and 2 were previously published in a slightly altered form as “The Improper Princess,” a short story in the collection Spaceships and Spells, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Wrede, Patricia C., 1953–
Dealing with dragons/by Patricia C. Wrede.
p. cm.—(Enchanted forest chronicles; bk.1)
Summary: Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved in fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons’ kingdom.
[1. Fairy tales. 2. Princesses—Fiction. 3. Dragons—Fiction. 4. Wizards—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ8.W92De 1990
[Fic]—dc20 89-24599
ISBN: 978-0-15-222900-9 hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-544-54122-1 paperback
eISBN 978-0-547-53864-8
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