From master storyteller Bryce Courtenay comes the colourful epic of Sylvia.

Late twelfthcentury 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 Childrens 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.

Product Details Paperback Book Author Bryce Courtenay Genre Modern and contemporary fiction Publisher Penguin ISBN 9780143006992