History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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The Sea Lady
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The Sea Lady
Margaret Drabble
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Margaret Drabble has brought all her many gifts to bear in this excellent novel, The Sea Lady. It is scientific, sociological, romantic, psychological, ironic, satiric, poignant, downright funny, and even rather mysterious in some parts.

It is the story of Humphrey Clark and Ailsa Kelman, now in their sixties and traveling--separately--to receive honorary degrees from a university in Ornemouth, a town on the North Sea. They met in Ornemouth when they were children, spent one summer together along with a local boy, Sandy Clegg, and Ailsa's brother, Tommy. It was that kind of summer which, however brief, has a bearing on the rest of one's life. Humphrey Clark's introduction to the sea sets him on his career path. Newly minted personalities were coming into being, the cruelty of children was all around, every moment was writ large in the minds of all of them, especially Humphrey.

Now, more than 50 years have passed and both Ailsa and Humphrey are reminiscing--Ailsa, typically, on an airplane, and Humphrey, just as typically, on a train. Their accounts of the last 50-plus years are unsparing, recounting their successes and failures, the places where their lives intersected and the results of those meetings, their professional and personal lives--all that has brought them to this day. Their memories are attenuated through the prism of their individual differences of temperament and interests. Humphrey is an innocent and a bit of a plodder, having made his name as a marine biologist, while Ailsa, the feminist, is a wild card: "Ailsa Kelman lacks method, but what she lacks in method she makes up for in energy and originality and output and panache." They could not be more different, but when did that ever stand in the way of connection? They have been brought to this ceremony by Sandy Clegg, now Alistair Macfarlane, whose own story is worth knowing.

The sea and its creatures are the metaphors that inform the story and at the end, we see that this meeting between Ailsa and Humphrey is "a journey of purification." This is Drabble at her very best. --Valerie Ryan

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This is the story of Humphrey Clark and Ailsa Kelman, who spent a summer together as children in Ornemouth, a town by the gray North Sea. As they journey back to Ornemouth to receive honorary degrees from a new university there—Humphrey on the train, Ailsa flying—they take stock of their lives over the past thirty years, their careers, and their shared personal entanglements. Humphrey is a successful marine biologist, happiest under water, but now retired; Ailsa, scholar and feminist, is celebrated for her pioneering studies of gender and for her gift for lucid and dramatic exposition. The memories of their lives unfold as Margaret Drabble exquisitely details the social life in England in the second half of the last century.

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Dreadful.......2007-08-31

This has to be the s-l-o-w-e-s-t book that I have ever plodded through! I was absolutely determined to get through it after spending (regrettably) a full $24.00. Slow (Did I mention that???), disjointed, dull characters, no plot, and way too much irrelevant information. How many times do we have to read about the sex lives of fish? I've listed this book - have at it!

The Sea Lady.......2007-08-23

Perhaps I am missing something...and I admit I quit reading this after about 30 pages...but I simply could not continue. It was so disjointed and boring!

Did I miss something that made it one of the suggested reading books?

Too clever for their own good.......2007-08-15

Both the author and the heroine of this novel are too clever for their own good. The heroine has no choice since she is a figment of the author's imagination. Drabble, by contrast, should not try so obviously and so tediously to be both erudite and deep. She works too hard at displaying the results of her research, at leaving clues, at giving hints and at pontificating about the development of the plot (in the guise of the "Public Orator," whose identity isn't revealed until the reader has had a chance to become thoroughly irritated with him). As a result, the story seems contrived and the effort to follow it, to remember the clues, and to take the hints left me disgruntled that the novel's ending is more philosophical than rewarding.

Slow and boring.......2007-08-02

I persevered in reading this book and finished it last night and wondered why I bothered. The main female character, Aisla, is so unlikable that except for sex I don't know why upstanding, decent Humphrey bothered with her. Yes the prose, especially childhood memories, is lovely but all that fish information left me bored as did the relaltionships of all the characters.

Artistry in Writing.......2007-07-24

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading The Sea Lady. I think this book will appeal to anyone who enjoys a love story that follows the lives of two individuals as their paths come together and separate at different points from childhood and through their older years . There is commentary throughout the book about marine biology which often alludes to the narrative and enriches the story. If it is too much biology for you, don't give up, ignore it because the story is very moving and there is artistry in the writing-the very beautiful writing by a superior writer- a wonderful book!

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed the Sea (Classic Books With Holes)

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed the Sea (Classic Books With Holes)

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Excellent.......2007-09-15

This book was an exciting extention of the old lady who swallowed a fly with a twist to it.

The Lady of the Sea: The Third of the Tristan and Isolde Novels (The Tristan and Isolde Novels)

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THE LADY OF THE SEA Is A Very Worthy Read!
Mind-numbing.
Time for the story to stop.
Exactly the ending you'd expect to the trilogy.

The Lady of the Sea: The Third of the Tristan and Isolde Novels (The Tristan and Isolde Novels)
Rosalind Miles
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ASIN: 0307209857
Release Date: 2005-11-22

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The final thrilling chapter in the Tristan and Isolde trilogy

Isolde, heir to the throne of the queens, is now a sovereign in her own right. With the glories of the throne comes the responsibility of a queen, and Isolde knows she must return to her beloved Western Isle. She can no longer tolerate her marriage to King Mark of Cornwall, a marriage she has accepted for years to save her country from the threat of war—and to be near her only love, Mark’s nephew, Tristan of Lyonesse. And so she leaves Cornwall and comes home to Ireland, where her lords face a growing threat from the warlike Picti, who live in the barren highlands to the north of England. The Picti have a bold new king, Darath, who is determined to take the riches of Ireland for his own people, whether by war or by marriage with Isolde.

Isolde gathers her armies to confront the Picti while facing a violent conflict with King Mark, who vows he will not let a prize like Isolde, and Ireland, slip from his grasp. Isolde is last in a line of famous warrior queens who have guarded Ireland from time before memory, and now she—and her knight, Tristan—must play out their fate and face her enemies in a final battle, a war that could spell ruin for them both.

To download a free copy of the discussion group guide in this book visit CrownPublishing.com.

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THE LADY OF THE SEA Is A Very Worthy Read!.......2007-02-12

This is the final book of a trilogy regarding another timeless favorite story, Tristan & Isolde. This story is also from the Arthurian legends and is very similar to the love triangle of Arthur, Lancelot & Guenivere.

The best by far of the three novels brings to a conclusion Tristan and Isolde's story. They endure and triumph over many seemingly insurmountable obstacles, not the least of which is King Mark. However, they provide many of their own problems by, at times, doubting each others love and fidelity.

Isolde decides that she can no longer remain married to King Mark of Cornwall. He has carried on with his mistress for years and was only a marriage of convenience from the start. It was never consumated and was only initiated to prevent King Mark from invading her kingdom, the Western Isle, Ireland.

Tristan and Isolde must weather many separations, extreme conditions and Mark's relentless pursuit of them both to finally and permanently come together.

The book was very suspenseful, engaging and extremely hard to put down. I highly recommend it and believe it can also be read as a stand-alone novel.

Mind-numbing........2005-11-23

I felt obligated to finish the trilogy. It was a mistake. This book was so unbelievably boring. You see, Tristan and Isolde get separated. Then Tristan is beset by something and then Isolde whines to the Goddess, oh my love my love. Then they get back together, and then they get separated and then Tristan is beset by something and Isolde whines to the Goddess, oh my love my love. Repeat. It's horrid. I wish I could get a refund. Truly, don't waste your time. Try the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey, it's a way better investment in your time (and reading dollar.)

Time for the story to stop........2005-01-17

This is the third in the Tristan and Isolde Series by Rosalind Miles and the story is tired. The first several chapters are a dull recap of the previous parts of the trilogy and do little to pull you into the new book. When finally the story did liven up and I felt it pulling me along to the next chapter, I was easily 90 pages in already. Even then, the story is much of the same. The author offers little new material and seems only to rework her previous ideas. The same characters are up to their same tactics to keep Tristan and Isolde from being together and being happy. Father Dominion is back to "bring Isolde down" and the lepers are back too. Again - same thing - new cover art. The new character of Darath offered some promise as he pledged his sword to Isolde; but I was disappointed that the story line came to an abrupt end and the character never reappeared. The most interesting part of the book was the opportunity to see the demise of so many characters who have been plodding along for 3 books. I enjoyed the first book greatly. The second was also interesting and my heart ached for the star-crossed lovers. Now, I'm a bit tired of the whole saga and I hope they live happily ever after because this story has been beaten to death.

Exactly the ending you'd expect to the trilogy........2005-01-16

A brief overview of the trilogy:
Isolde is the princess of Ireland, married off to King Mark of Cornwall to protect her country, but deeply in love with his nephew, the fair and gallant Tristan. Mark is a self-absorbed, spoiled man, and his wife despises him. They never consummate their marriage, which Mark doesn't seem to mind until the third book. Tristan and Isolde seem to suffer no pangs of conscience, as they are not Christians as Mark, but follow the ancient Mother religion, and therefore believe that any woman has the choice to love and be with the man of her choosing. For twenty years Tristan and Isolde conduct an affair under the nose of the king. They navigate through seemingly endless trials and misunderstandings, never free to express their love.

Some readers may find this series more interesting than the Guenevere trilogy, for two reasons: the story of Tristan and Isolde is less well known than that of Camelot, and it's also a shorter tale, which allows the author more room for creativity. In the original myth, Tristan and Isolde both die around the events in the second book, The Maid Of The White Hands.

I was waiting for this third book for months, having finished "Maid of the White Hands" sometime in May. I wasn't exactly disappointed, but neither was I thrilled.

First of all, the book very definately follows Miles' typical style. The longing for lost loves, the mystical nature of the various Ladies and the Mother-right religion, the condemnation of Christianity, the idealistic resolution, were all there. If you've read the Guenevere novels and the first two in the series, you know exactly what I mean.

One thing I enjoy about Miles' work is the unique take on well-worn stories. I enjoy the way Miles both uses the myths as a framework and moves beyond them. I also enjoy the play between the Goddess worship and Christianity, rather than the strictly Christian viewpoint usually seen (in the story of Camelot/Holy Grail, etc.)

I found Isolde more likeable in this last book than previously, when she seemed to be ruled by circumstance and pride rather than her own will. Tristan, however, I'm not so found of. In this book the lovers are supposedly forty years old, yet Tristan does not seem to have matured at all. He maintains his blindly idealistic belief in honor, which hurts Isolde and puts them both in danger. Mark crosses the line from self-absorbed and foolish to violent and evil. His nephew Andred is a completely static character, his actions fully foreseeable. Also present are the scheming Christian prists, Merlin, and Queen Igraine.

This book seemed to me a rush job, and not a labor of love. Some finer points of logic were overlooked. Mark's actions grow increasingly outrageous and illogical (Isolde's treatment was witnessed by many, yet supposedly no one knows the truth); things are done by major characters that seem to have no consequences (particularly Tristan, at the end). Also, Tristan is king of Lyonesse, Isolde is queen of Ireland--yet Tristan apparently hasn't been back to his country in ten years or more, and Isolde has been away from Ireland for very long periods too. Wouldn't ambitious people like Andred try to take over in the monarchs' absences?

Second, although I realize authors don't want to just give things away every time, Miles creates artifical suspense by having characters be anonymous for several pages. For example, when Tristan and Isolde are hiding in a secluded castle, the author goes out of her way to make an approaching man seem ominous and dangerous, only to have him be a friend. This approach is overused, especially in the second half of the book. There are constant plot "twists", a number of which aren't terribly surprising, merely irritating because the build-up and mystery were not necessary.

Thirdly, the repetition of certain things grows very irritating. How many times now has Tristan appeared to Isolde disguised from both queen and reader for several pages? How many times does he ask "do you not know me, my love?" when he's been concealing himself deliberately? How many times does Isolde have imaginary conversations with her dead mother/"Mawther"? How many times now has she thought Tristan dead? And how many times do the words "No tears, no fears" have to be repeated? The refrain of "Goddess, Mother..." becomes grating after six books (Guenevere and Isolde both), as does "Erin. Ireland. Home." We get it already, Ireland is Isolde's home. Even within this one book, certain phrases are just plain overused.

I did enjoy this book, but it took longer than usual to read it because of all the mild irritations and frustrations. It resolved the trilogy in pretty much the way I expected, there's lots of chivalrous romance and adventure, and it's got a happy ending. Anyone who has previously enjoyed Miles' books will enjoy this one, but someone on the edge may find it a slogging, difficult read.

For a new reader of Miles' work, I would suggest starting with the Guenevere trilogy, as I found it much more enjoyable.

The Food of the Gods, The Sea Lady (The Works of H.G. Wells - Volume 5)

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H. G. Wells
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Face Down Across the Western Sea (Elizabethan Mysteries Featuring Susanna, Lady Appleton)

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Entertaining mystery set at an Elizabethean style "think tank"
Good soap opera, poor mystery!
Good characters and history
superb Elizabethan mystery

Face Down Across the Western Sea (Elizabethan Mysteries Featuring Susanna, Lady Appleton)
Kathy Lynn Emerson
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Anxious to prove England's claim on the New World, Queen Elizabeth has charged Sir Walter Pendennis, seasoned spy and diplomat, with the top-secret mission.Walter gathers a team of scholars at his Cornwall estate, and calls upon his dear friend Susanna, Lady Appleton, to assist. Susanna is an expert herbalist with a quick mind and wise ways-and Walter has long carried a flame for her.When Walter's wife appears uninvited at Priory House, she sets about extinguishing that flame.Meanwhile, Susanna and Walter find that troubling discrepancies have surfaced among sailors' accounts of the land beyond the Western Sea.Their research becomes intrigue when an eyewitness account turns up missing and a scholar is found dead in his study. Is the murder the work of an academic rival?A jealous lover? A Spanish spy? Scholarly trickery and New World scandal come to light as Susanna's sleuthing skills are put to the test.Face Down Across the Western Sea is a potent concoction, brimming with the qualities that have made the Susanna, Lady Appleton, series a favorite among mystery lovers: rich period detail, first-rate suspense, and at the center of it all, Susanna-a headstrong and beguiling heroine. AUTHORBIO: Kathy Lynn Emerson lives in Wilton, Maine. Face Down Across the Western Sea is the seventh book in her Susanna, Lady Appleton, series.

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Entertaining mystery set at an Elizabethean style "think tank" .......2007-07-03

This historical mystery is a very entertaining read, especially if you have spent much time in the competitive academic enviroment. I found the idea of an Elizabethean "think tank" very amusing. Talk about country house mysteries, this is one with a difference. The confusion surrounding what the academics were doing and more to the point, why they were doing it seemed quite realistic to me actually.

Good soap opera, poor mystery!.......2002-12-18

If you can swallow the idea of an Elizabethan research team and accept the fact that his book deals much more with marital difficulties than murder, then you might--I repeat, might--enjoy this book, but it is definitely not as good as previous offerings in this series. Either Ms. Emerson is running out of ideas, or she's cranking them out to make money...in either case, the reader ultimately suffers.

Good characters and history.......2002-06-22

The Spanish have pulled untold wealth from the Americas and have prevented the English from doing the same. In response, Queen Elizabeth has tasked Susanna, Lady Appleton and her friend Sir Walter Pendennis to lead a research team to discover some valid English claim to have discovered the Americas before Columbus. The pickings seem slim, but when one of the researchers is murdered, Susanna wonders whether the Spanish have discovered their mission--and have taken steps to prevent success.

Susanna and Walter investigate the unlikely suspects--a small group of aging scholars from Cambridge and Oxford Universities. Yet what possible motives would they have for murder, and why would any of them be interested in supporting the Spanish claims? Still, there is definitely something going on beneath the surface--one of the scholars has been sneaking out of the manor at night and another has a daughter who has ended up in places a young and single woman shouldn't go.

Author Kathy Lynn Emerson writes convincingly about this critical period in English history. Elizabeth holds the crown but is surrounded by enemies abroad and by Catholic and extreme protestant enemies at home. Emerson personalizes the mystery making both Susanna and Walter fully developed characters with conflicted desires and motivations that go far beyond simply solving a crime.

Unfortunately for the novel, Susanna and Walter's personal lives are more interesting than, and not especially connected to the mystery itself. Indeed, the solution to the mystery comes as something of an anticlimax, not resolving the fundamental issues or advancing the personal goals of either primary character. FACE DOWN ACROSS THE WESTERN SEA is a pleasant read and contains intriguing history and historical speculation. Pretty good.

superb Elizabethan mystery.......2002-03-23

Sir Walter Pendennis is at Priory House in Cornwall on a mission for the queen. With him is Susanna, Lady Appleton, the woman who turned down his marriage proposal s well as a host of England's best scholars. Their job is to find England's claim, if any, to the New World and a faster waterway to the Asian Markets. Susanna is glad to find something worthwhile to occupy her time since her lover Nick Baldwin, a member of the Merchant's Adventures, is in Hamburg to advance England's cause in that port.

When one of the scholars explains to Susanna that one of the documents is missing, she intends to help him look for it. She is distracted from her mission when Sir Walter's estranged wife arrives on the scene causing emotional turmoil. In the meantime, the scholar who lost the document has been killed and Sir Walter and Susanna must find out who did it since England's interests are involved in the matter. When a second scholar disappears and is presumed dead, Susanna is determined to find out what is going on.

Every Susanna, Lady Appleton novel is a joy to read. In an era when a powerful queen ruled England, a widowed noblewoman has much power, especially if she has enough money to back up her desires. Susanna is a person of sterling character who wants to make the world a better place. That is why readers love her and the plot of her latest tale, FACE DOWN ACROSS THE WESTERN SEA, enhances her desire to leave a positive mark while also enhancing the reputation of author Kathy Lynn Emerson

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A Sea Island Lady

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Sea Island Lady
Francis Griswold
Manufacturer: Beaufort Book Co
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ASIN: 0685068331

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A Sea Island Lady.......2007-06-24

What a fortunate find at a used bookstore in Hilton Head while browsing for something to read! This book focuses more on Reconstruction and The New South than Civil War times; a lovely novel, though quite long at 970+ pages. Discovering and enjoying this book about the Low Country of South Carolina while vacationing in it was fabulous.

This reader found A Sea Island Lady more believable and better thought out than Gone With the Wind. Characters where truly Southern; As a medical librarian who is favors non-fiction it is the truly outstanding novel that can capture my attention for nearly a thousand pages.

Do read this book!!!

C

Review of A Sea Island Lady.......2000-01-07

This is an excellent historical novel of the pre and post Civil War era. The book spans approximately 70 years. It is not a strictly southern depiction of the war as the main character, Emily, comes south from Boston during the war. All of the characters are well-developed. The plot is coherent. The descriptions of South Carolina, and Beaufort in particular, are truly excellent. Having travelled to Beaufort and Charlston, I can testify that Mr. Griswold researched his setting well. The book combines elements of comedy, history and tragedy. It is far superior to Gone With The Wind and reaffirms the value and gratitude of life itself.

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The Sea Lady
H. G. Wells
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The Lady and the Deep Blue Sea
Garland Roark
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Sea lady
Julie Forsyth Batchelor
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