Christopher Marlowe: A Literary Life (Literary Lives)

Christopher Marlowe: Poet and Spy is the most thorough and detailed biography of Marlowe since John Bakeless's in 1942. This exciting book highlights Marlowe's career as a part-time spy, as well as his evolving relations, especially with Shakespeare. We see how his creative imagination helped save him, even among thugs, and brought him brief, dazzling success. This book also sheds new light on the fight at Deptford and Marlowe's death. Based on new research, Christopher Marlowe: Poet and Spy includes a wealth of fascinating material which brings a new perspective to the life and times of Marlowe.