A Tip for the Hangman Epstein Allison
An Elizabethan espionage thriller in which playwright Christopher Marlowe spies on Mary, Queen of Scots while navigating the perils of politics, theater, romance--and murder. Here Marlowe [is]…
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An Elizabethan espionage thriller in which playwright Christopher Marlowe spies on Mary, Queen of Scots while navigating the perils of politics, theater, romance--and murder. Here Marlowe [is] supremely capable, something of a trickster, a consummate liar, a fiendish lover--and someone capable of murder ... The suspense is palpable, as is the sense of doom, as Marlowe finds himself in thrall to a devil's bargain (The New York Times Book Review).England, 1585. In Kit Marlowe's last year at Cambridge, he is approached by Queen Elizabeth's spymaster offering an unorthodox career opportunity: going undercover to intercept a Catholic plot to put Mary, Queen of Scots on Elizabeth's throne.Spying on Queen Mary turns out to be more than Kit bargained for, but his salary allows him to mount his first play, and over the following years he becomes the