Imprint: Vintage
Published: 03/10/2002
ISBN: 9780099437475
Length: 608 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 34mm x 129mm
Weight: 439g
RRP: £12.99
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
Published: 03/10/2002
ISBN: 9780099437475
Length: 608 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 34mm x 129mm
Weight: 439g
RRP: £12.99
An absorbing detective story with many twists and dark secrets. It is a passionate tale that haunts the imagination
Remarkable...for the first time reveals the true mystery of his death... Extraordinary
A book full of wit, scholarship and ingenuity... Extraordinary
A remarkable academic thriller, a brilliant recontruction
This book blows open the world of Elizabethan espionage, and presents the most comprehensive case yet for disbelieving the official inquest