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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Sylvia
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'Sylvia is a story of the Children's Crusade, which occurred in the year 1212. It is perhaps the strangest true event to have taken place in European history. I enjoyed the digging that uncovered it - buried in a dark corner of times long out of mind. 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.' (Source: Author's abstract)

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Notes

  • Dedication: For Christine Gee, my beloved partner. For Fiona McIntosh, who gave me the concept for this book.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2006 .
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      Extent: 498p.
      ISBN: 9780670070268 (hbk), 0670070262 (hbk)
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2007 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 498p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: June 2007
      ISBN: 9780670071227 (pbk)
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2008 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 498p.
      ISBN: 9780143006992 (pbk)

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Showman Who Knew the Power of a Story Blanche Clark , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 November 2012; (p. 26-27)
A Risky Change in Direction Christopher Bantick , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 - 24 December 2006; (p. 61)
Middle Ages in a Preachy Muddle Sophie Masson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 December 2006; (p. 33)

— Review of Sylvia Bryce Courtenay , 2006 single work novel
Courtenay on a Crusade Rod Moran , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 December 2006; (p. 9)

— Review of Sylvia Bryce Courtenay , 2006 single work novel
Into the Valley of the Past Juliette Hughes , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 December 2006; (p. 22)

— Review of Sylvia Bryce Courtenay , 2006 single work novel ; The Valley Di Morrissey , 2006 single work novel
Into the Valley of the Past Juliette Hughes , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 December 2006; (p. 22)

— Review of Sylvia Bryce Courtenay , 2006 single work novel ; The Valley Di Morrissey , 2006 single work novel
Courtenay on a Crusade Rod Moran , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 December 2006; (p. 9)

— Review of Sylvia Bryce Courtenay , 2006 single work novel
Middle Ages in a Preachy Muddle Sophie Masson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 December 2006; (p. 33)

— Review of Sylvia Bryce Courtenay , 2006 single work novel
A Risky Change in Direction Christopher Bantick , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 - 24 December 2006; (p. 61)
Showman Who Knew the Power of a Story Blanche Clark , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 November 2012; (p. 26-27)
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