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Book Reviews of Face Down Across the Western Sea

Face Down Across the Western Sea
Face Down Across the Western Sea
Author: Kathy Lynn Emerson
ISBN-13: 9780312288235
ISBN-10: 0312288239
Publication Date: 4/9/2002
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Book Type: Hardcover
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Spuddie avatar reviewed Face Down Across the Western Sea on + 412 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
#7 in the Lady Susanna Appleton historical series set in Elizabethan England. In this book, Lady Susanna and several of her entourage are ensconced at Walter Pendennis' manor in Cornwall with several Cambridge and Oxford scholars trying to prove that England has a better claim to the New World than Spain because of expeditions there earlier than Columbus'. Academic jealousies abound as the scholars pore over texts in several different languages and argue varying theories. That at least one of them would end up dead was a foregone conclusion. I enjoyed this entry in the series quite a lot.
FeliciaJ avatar reviewed Face Down Across the Western Sea on + 136 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
In the seventh book in the "Face Down" series, Susanna Appleton investigates murder among a group of scholars researching England's claim to the New World. The mystery itself is confusing and somewhat far-fetched, but several subplots reveal new depths to familiar characters.