About the Book

The Marlowe Papers

by Ros Barber
You’re the author of the greatest plays of all time.
But nobody knows.
And if it gets out, you’re dead.
 
On May 30, 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 a conviction of heresy; that he was spirited across the English Channel to live on in lonely exile; that he continued to write plays and poetry, hiding behi