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The Reckoning

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099437475

  • Length: 608  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 34mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 439g

  • RRP: £12.99

The Reckoning

  • The Murder of Christopher Marlowe

In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady, the official account - a violent quarrel over the bill, or 'recknynge' - long regarded as dubious.

For the first time tracing Marlowe's shadowy political and intelligence dealings, Charles Nicholl uncovers critical new evidence about that fatal day. Also providing an enthralling revelation of the extraordinary underworld of Elizabethan crime and espionage, the 'secret theatre', Nicholl penetrates four centuries of obscurity to expose a complex and chilling story of entrapment and betrayal.

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099437475

  • Length: 608  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 34mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 439g

  • RRP: £12.99

Reviews

  • "An absorbing detective story with many twists and dark secrets. It is a passionate tale that haunts the imagination"

    Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year

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About the Author

Charles Nicholl

Charles Nicholl is a historian, biographer and travel writer. His books include The Reckoning (winner of the James Tait Black prize for biography and the Crime Writers’ Association ‘Gold Dagger’ award for non-fiction), A Cup of News: the life of Thomas Nashe, Shakespeare and his contemporaries (Natural Portrait Gallery insights series) and Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa (winner of the Hawthornden Prize). His most recent book was the acclaimed biography, Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind, which has been published in 17 languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has lectured in Britain, Italy and the United States.

Charles Nicholl

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