On May 30th 1593 a celebrated young playwright was killed in a tavern brawl in London. That at least was the official version. Now Christopher Marlowe reveals the truth: that his death was an elaborate ruse to avoid being convicted of heresy; that he was spirited across the Channel to live on in lonely exile; that he continued to write plays & poetry hiding behind the name of a colourless man from Stratford
- one William Shakespeare. With the grip of a thriller & the emotional force of a sonnet this remarkable novel in verse gives voice to a man who was brilliant passionate & mercurial. A cobblers son who counted nobles among his friends a spy in the Queens service a fickle lover & a declared religious sceptic he was always courting trouble. Memoir love letter confession settling of accounts & a cry for recognition as the creator of some of the most sublime works in the English language The Marlowe Papers brings Christopher Marlowe & his era to vivid life. Written by a poet & scholar it is a work of exceptional art erudition & imagination.