The Silver Sword

By: Ian Serraillier

A Criterion Book For Young People; A 1959 Selection of the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club; The characters in this book are fictitious, but the story is based upon true fact. Imaginary names have been given to a few of the places mentioned- they are the villages of Boding and Kolina, the River Falken, the town of Falkenburg and the prison camp of Zakyna. All other place-names are real and can be found on the map of Europe. The description of the Red Army in the march is based on eye-witness accounts in J. Stransky's East Wind over Prague. I.S.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00C1QSNGY
• Release Date: January 1959
• Publisher: Criterion Books
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.