Sylvia 

By Bryce Courtenay

First edition copy

'I am Sylvia Honeyeater; I think myself born around 1196, and this is the story of my life.'

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’ 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.