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The Silver Sword is a novel by Ian Serraillier, a children's classic, first published in the UK in 1956 by Jonathan Cape and then by Puffin Books in 1960.

The Silver Sword is a novel by Ian Serraillier, a children's classic, first published in the UK in 1956 by Jonathan Cape and then by Puffin Books in 1960. It had also been published in the US under the title Escape From Warsaw. The story is based upon fact, although fictional names are given to a few of the places mentioned. The Silver Sword has been adapted for television and radio.

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The Silver Sword (also known as Escape From Warsaw) takes place in Warsaw during World War I. The book is moving and powerful in its beautiful depiction of the human relationships formed during this difficult time in history.

The book is moving and powerful in its beautiful depiction of the human relationships formed during this difficult time in history. Although it is fiction, it teaches about the sorrows, starvation, hardships and also joys that occur amongst the 'families' of children left to their own instincts and survival skills in their war-torn reality. Over-coming and endurance are lauded.

Googleyeyes: 'I urge you to read this book as it will stay in your memory forever'. I found this writing truly spellbinding, each word gripped me and I long for this book to last a little longer. I have no criticism and looked forward to reading it at night. I don't know how I am going to sum up such a beautiful and intense plot, you're going to have to read the book to know how truly amazing it is. It starts off in World War Two, yet it is not sad and made my heart thud when reading the blurb.

Ian Serraillier, John Escott. Oxford Bookworms Library 4: The Silver Sword. Jan opened his wooden box and took out the silver sword. This will bring me luck,& he said to Mr Balicki. The Chronicle of the Black Sword - Studio album by Hawkwind Released.

His experience fitted him well for his present role of trying petty cases. He went to great trouble to be just. He went to great trouble to be just eed for using interpreters made the hearing of evidence a slow business. The boy before him was a strange case - Edek Balicki, sixteen, a Pole, of no address, caught interfering with train signals. The prosecutor, Lieutenant James, claimed that he was one of a gang of train robbers and had been seen halting a train. The boy admitted having halted the train, but denied the rest.

Ian Serraillier was born in London in 1912, the eldest of four children. Ian Serraillier wrote many children's books but The Silver Sword is his most famous and most beloved, and it has never been out of print. When he was only six years old, Ian's father died, and as his mother was often not very well, he looked after his younger siblings, especially during their long summer holidays in Switzerland. After university, he became a teacher and a writer. When the Second World War broke out, Ian refused to fight, because he believed it is wrong to kill another person. Библиографические данные.

Ian Serraillier (September 24, 1912 - November 28, 1994), was a British novelist and poet

Ian Serraillier (September 24, 1912 - November 28, 1994), was a British novelist and poet. Serraillier was best known for his children's books, especially the Silver Sword (Novel) (1956), a wartime adventure story which was adapted for television by the BBC in 1957 and again in 1971.

Placing children at the centre of this story allows Serraillier to show what an unformed mind makes of the landscape of. .The simple power of this point is helped by the fact that, although dark in subject matter, the Silver Sword remains a children’s book.

Placing children at the centre of this story allows Serraillier to show what an unformed mind makes of the landscape of war. He highlights how conflict can shape and warp the perceptions of those who live through it. The character who most obviously embodies this is the orphan, Ja.