Sylvia
By: Bryce Courtenay
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: McArthur & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9781770870383; 9781552787144
Subjects: Children's Crusade, 1212; Fiction; Croisade des enfants, 1212; Romans, nouvelles; Children's Crusade (1212) fast (OCoLC)fst00855698
Description: From master storyteller Bryce Courtenay comes the colourful epic of Sylvia. Late twelfth-century Europe is torn by religious intolerance. Sylvia, with a singing voice that can literally charm the birds out of the trees, and an acute and questioning mind that refuses to accept unreasoned beliefs, embarks on a pilgrimage. She joins the Children's Crusade, bound for the Holy Land. From a bawdy life as an entertainer in a whorehouse to an austere and frequently cruel existence in a convent, she fights to be true to her destiny. And her mysterious birthmark causes much confusion: can this peasant maid indeed be a chosen messenger? SYLVIA is a tale of adversity, of adventure and crusades, and of a beautiful and gifted woman.