Sylvia - Bryce Courtenay

'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 isthe story of the Children's Crusade, which occurred in the year 1212, and isperhaps the strangest true event to have taken place in European history.It is also a story of how, throughout some of the darkest medieval times, the redeeming power and strength of a young woman's love and intelligence prevail over poverty, brutality and bigotry.

Sylvia wasa remarkable, talented and eccentric young woman and this is her story.