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Sylvia

By: Bryce Courtenay
Narrated by: Edwina Wren
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From master storyteller Bryce Courtenay comes a colorful, lusty story set in the 13th century, an epic tale of a Europe torn by religious intolerance. The story centers around Sylvia Honeyeater, who sings like an angel and can literally charm the birds from the trees. The narrative also features the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Francis of Assisi, the Muslim Sultan and his harem, and the fervor that becomes the Children's Crusade and then, later, the Crusades.©2013 Christine Courtenay (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Middle Ages Middle East Crusade
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I leant so much in this book I may never have leant! truly reverting for start to finish. Well done.

Amazing book

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This was a fantastic, engaging listen, but the audio edits were sub par and really distracted from the flow of the narrative. Such a shame!

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I really enjoyed this book, can't put my finger on why but it's in sone way different to other books by Bryce yet still brilliantly well written. Perhaps the period the book is set or the narrator made the difference. I'm used to Hunphrey Bower narrating Bryce's books but this was equally as good. Nice work all, I'm going to listen again.

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Very different to Bryce Courtenay‘s other works. I very much enjoyed the historical value of this story and more so when Sylvia spoke as “herself”.
The narrator’s portrayal of Sylvia’s (or the other German characters) accent, for me, was quite irritating and I had to push through it.
Avoiding spoilers, would have preferred more at the end but there was definitely enough to come to my own conclusion.

Really interesting!

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Compared to all of Bryce's other books this one was really hard to finish.

Not much chop..

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