TY - BOOK AU - Courtenay,Bryce TI - Sylvia SN - 0670070262 (hbk) : AV - PR9619.3.C688 S95 2006 U1 - A823.3 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Camberwell, Vic. PB - Viking KW - Biographical fiction, Australian KW - Pilgrims and pilgrimages KW - Fiction KW - Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature KW - Eccentrics and eccentricities KW - Miracle workers KW - Twelfth century KW - Children's Crusade, 1212 KW - Biographical fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - gsafd N2 - This 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. It is 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.--Dust Jacket ER -