A Prisoner in Malta (Christopher Marlowe) - Hardcover

DePoy, Phillip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250058422 ISBN 13: 9781250058423

Verlag: Minotaur Books,US, 2016

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"Ebullient persiflage spiced with high-level intrigue, a covey of double and triple agents, and enough action scenes for a summer movie. Eat your heart out, James Bond." - Kirkus Reviews "Told in exquisite prose and based on the history of England in the 1580s, DePoy's depiction of Kit Marlowe as a spy evolves into a stunning novel." - RT Book Reviews "DePoy piles on the twists and introduces some humor into the tense story line." - Publishers Weekly

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In 1583, the nineteen-year-old Christopher Marlowe with a reputation as a brawler, a womanizer, a genius, and a social upstart at Cambridge University is visited by a man representing Marlowe's benefactors. There are rumors of a growing plot against her majesty Queen Elizabeth I, and the Queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has charged young Marlowe with tracking down the truth. The path to that truth seems to run through an enigmatic prisoner held in complete seclusion in a heavily guarded dungeon in Malta. Marlowe must use every bit of his wits, his skills, and his daring to unravel one of the greatest mysteries in history and help uncover and unravel scheme of assassination and invasion, one involving the government of Spain, high ranking English nobles, and even Pope himself. Christopher Marlowe - Elizabethan playwright, poet, and spy is one of the most enigmatic figures in Renaissance England. The son of a shoemaker from Canterbury, he attended Cambridge University on scholarship and, while frequently in trouble, was bailed out through the intercession of Queen Elizabeth l's Privy Council. Long rumoured to have been an agent on behalf of the Queen's spymaster, Edgar Award winner Phillip DePoy's new series brings Marlowe and his times to life.

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• Verlag: Minotaur Books,US
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1250058422
• ISBN 13: 9781250058423
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336