PERILOUS PILGRIMAGE

by Henry Treece ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 20, 1959

Henry Treece, author of Men of the Hills, The Road to Miklagard, and Viking's Dawn lends a superbly confident sense of time and events to this poignant portrayal of the Children's Crusade. Set in the year 1212, Treece recalls the fate of two noble children, Alys and Geoffrey de Villacours, as they, deeply moved by the words of Stephen of Cloyes, join that group of young pilgrims, who in their religious devotion face incredible danger and frustration. The betrayal of the children, their imprisonment by the Moslems, the failure of the decisive miracles to occur are told here in a richly emphatic prose, which despite the author's thesis that this daring undertaking was a misguided failure, sustains a feeling of unique spirituality and grandeur. A fortunate union of poetry, prose and history.

Pub Date: March 20, 1959

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Criterion

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1959

Categories: FICTION