- Fiction, Literature, Children's Crusade, 1212, Pilgrims and pilgrimages
'I am Sylvia Honeyeater; I think myself born around 1196, and this is the story of my life. I am cursed by folk as an optimist and a dreamer, which is a dangerous combination. . .' Sylvia is the story of the Children's Crusade, which occurred in the year 1212, and is perhaps the strangest true event to have taken place in European history.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Bryce Courtenay
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 503
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing, Bolinda Audio, Viking
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141942193
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