The Reckoning by Charles Nicholl
This is a story of the Elizabethan underworld. It is a full-length investigation of the killing, tracing Marlowe's shadowy political dealings, his involvement in covert intelligence work, the charges of heresy and homosexuality against him. Critical new evidence is uncovered about his three companions on that last day in Deptford. Through Charles Nicholl's detailed research, a complex, unsettling story of entrapment and betrayal, chimerical plots and dirty tricks emerges. The author has written two travel books, "The Fruit Palace" and "Borderlines"; a study of Elizabethan alchemy, "The Chemical Theatre" and a biography of the pampleteer Thomas Nashe, "A Cup of News".
Nicholl, Charles: - Charles Nicholl has written about history, biography, and travel but brings all these disciplines together as a literary detective. Subjects have included Christopher Marlowe, Arthur Rimbaud, and Leonardo da Vinci. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a recipient of the Hawthornden prize, and has won the James Tait Black prize for biography and the Crime Writers' Association 'Gold Dagger' award. He has also presented documentary programs on television and has lectured in Britain, Italy, and the United States. He lives in Lucchesia in Italy with his wife and children and is a visiting Professor at Sussex University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224031004 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224031007 |
| Title | The Reckoning |
| Author | Charles Nicholl |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1992-06-11 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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