The Reckoning
The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
$32.95
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2002
Summary
‘A masterpiece of biographical investigation’ - Richard Holmes
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 provi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099437475 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099437473 |
| Author: | Charles Nicholl |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2002 |
| Weight: | 162g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
An absorbing detective story with many twists and dark secrets. It is a passionate tale that haunts the imagination
An absorbing detective story with many twists and dark secrets. It is a passionate tale that haunts the imagination – Michael Sheldon * Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year *
Remarkable…for the first time reveals the true mystery of his death… Extraordinary * The Times *
A book full of wit, scholarship and ingenuity… Extraordinary – Colm Toibin * Irish Times *
A remarkable academic thriller, a brilliant recontruction – Michael Coveney * Observer *
This book blows open the world of Elizabethan espionage, and presents the most comprehensive case yet for disbelieving the official inquest * Independent *
This masterly construction of Marlowe’s murder kept me up all night when I first read it 20 years ago – Thomas Wright * The List *
About The Author
Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl has written two travel books, The Fruit Palace and Borderlines; a study of Elizabethan alchemy, The Chemical Theatre, and a biography of the pamphleteer Thomas Nashe, A Cup of News. He has also written a reconstruction of Sir Walter Ralegh’s search for El Dorado, The Creature in the Map, and Somebody Else, which won the 1998 Hawthornden Prize. His work has appeared in Granta, Rolling Stone and the Independent.
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