Talk:The Silver Sword

As can be seen by the history, I've tried to bring this article to a slightly higher level than the previous version. I'm also the one that moved it to it's present page, and I made the disambiguation page. This is because I'm aware of some of the various other meanings of this phrase. I've read this novel as part of English literature when I was 13, and I can remember a few things about it. I recall Ruth acted as a parent, and Jan is somewhat of a master pick-pocket, but it's been about 11 years since I read it, so if anyone can expand this article, please feel free to do so. Also, I think the story is non-fiction, there is no category for this, and Fiction is automatically written on the bottom, Something needs to be done about this. Dessydes 03:25, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

"The characters in this book are fictitious, but the story is based upon is 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 on the march is based on eye-witness accounts in J. Stransky's East Wind over Prague"

This passage is taken on page 12 of latest version of The Silver Sword and Ian Serraillier, the author of this book, is telling us that The Silver Sword is fact, only the character's name and the names of some of the places mentioned in the book are fiction. Aranho 15:14, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Article Improvment

I have improve this article. Here's a tip on improving this article.

• If you have The Silver Sword book, the book can provide loads & load of information. Aranho 18:57, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

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Updating it

I am going to start writing a summary of the whole thing.. Ill put it up ASAP. Hope it will help Dragonskin29 13:26, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Infobox added

I have an early paperback copy right here, so I have added the infobox. Clares 03:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Characters

I have removed all of the characters from the list that did not seem important. I haven't read the book myself, but I am sure that you do not need to add groups of people to the list, like Nazis. Mynameisnotpj (talk) 11:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

First Publisher(s)

Anyone know who published the book first? Smirnov (talk) 14:42, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

This is a note from a student: i understand the characters in this story but i need to know the characteristics of this story. to me this is nothing to help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.244.53.193 (talk) 00:38, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

PICTURES

NEED A PIC OF JOSEPH BALIKI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.42.74 (talk) 15:48, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Final chapter - synopsis

Currently the synopsis says that at the end of the narrative, Jan gets a new Jewish cat named Arlo. I have a copy of the first edition, and the final chapter does not mention this at all. Did Serraillier expand the book subsequently for later editions?Thomas Peardew (talk) 18:51, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Cat removed entirely, as it is not present in the 2003 edition. However, I have added a link (in the lead) to the Pestalozzi children's village. --Verbarson ^talk_edits 14:56, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

TV adaptations

I feel that the two TV series would be worth a section, if not a Wiki page of their own. Valetude (talk) 12:29, 3 August 2019 (UTC)