"The new novel from bestselling author Bryce Courtenay. Sylvia Honeyeater is a departure in setting for Bryce but it is utterly Bryce in character and style - his fans will be delighted. An epic tale of a Europe torn by religious intolerance. From master storyteller Bryce Courtenay comes a colourful, lusty story set in the thirteenth century. The story of Sylvia Honeyeater, who sings like an angel and can literally charm the birds from the trees, this epic tale of a Europe torn by religious intolerance also features the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Francis of Assisi, the Muslim Sultan and his harem, as well as the fervour that became the Children’s Crusade and then later the Crusades ."