THE DRAGONS OF THE QUEEN

by Mary Stolz ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 26, 1969

The queen was not a real queen and the dragons were not real dragons."" But Mr. and Mrs. George Kenilworth ""from just outside Boise, Idaho"" are presented as real-life tourists: ignoramuses abroad. From deprecating the small Mexican town and resenting their unplanned overnight stay, they are transformed--overnight--into reserved, respectful admirers of the milieu. ""Something magical and mysterious"" has happened to them through dining with queen-by-consent Dona Pascuala in the candlelight of her crumbling hacienda. It's good fortune too for the only one of her ""dragons"" (dogs) nobody wants the next day after she's died: Harald, an unpedigreed, unprepossessing hound, is adopted by the Kenilworths who take him back to their town outside Boise. Where they live more happily ever after.

Pub Date: March 26, 1969

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper & Row

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1969

Categories: FICTION