The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe by Charles Nicholl
The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe

Charles Nicholl

The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe

Charles Nicholl

413 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime mysterious reflective slow-paced
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In 1593 the brilliant but 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"—has been long regarde...

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