A Book of Kings and Queens is a 1978 anthology of 10 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.
This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1977, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Some of tales from this book are recollected in Folk and Fairy Tales (1978) by Manning-Sanders.
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