Cover of The Emperor and the Nightingale

Book 1992

The Emperor and the Nightingale

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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Published
1992
  • Fairy tales
  • Fiction
  • Nightingale
  • Nightingales
  • Children's stories, Danish
  • Translations into Russian
  • Translations into English
  • Juvenile fiction

Though the emperor banishes the nightingale in preference for a jeweled mechanical imitation, the little bird remains faithful and returns years later when the emperor is near death and no one else can help him.