All the characters in this novel are entirely fictional, as is proper in a fairy tale.
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Copyright © M. Van der Vywer 1992, 1994
English translation copyright © Catherine Knox
First published in Afrikaans in 1992 by Tafelberg
First published in Great Brittain in 1994 by Michael Joseph
Published in 1995 by Penguin Books
Published in 2008 by Tafelberg
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Available in print:
First edition, first impression 2008
ISBN: 978-0-624-04708-7
Epub edition:
First edition 2012
ISBN: 978-0-624-06394-0 (epub)
Mobi edition:
First edition 2013
ISBN: 978-0-624-06222-6 (mobi)