{"product_id":"christopher-marlowepoet-spy-cloth-9780198186953","title":"CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE:POET \u0026 SPY CLOTH","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Marlowes life was the most spectacular of any English dramatist. One of the great playwrights of his age  second only to Shakespeare  he was also a secret agent as well as the central figure in a murder mystery. Now  Park Honan offers the most thoroughly researched and detailed biography of Marlowe to appear in over fifty years. Honan  the acclaimed biographer of Shakespeare  takes us from Marlowes childhood in Canterbury to his mysterious death in Deptford  shedding much light on this shadowy individual. The book features new information on Marlowes six-and-a-half years at Corpus Christi College  Cambridge  his shocking blasphemy and his street fights  his methods of preparing himself for writing  and his alleged atheism. The book includes new facts about Marlowes adventures on the continent  where he was caught with a counterfeit coin  a hanging offense  but talked his way out of the noose and was returned to England in irons. Honan describes his attraction to scientists such as Thomas Harriot and other hard-headed realists bent on innovation and free thought. In addition  there are new details on spies and business agents that Marlowe knew  a more exact account of the circumstances that led to his murder  and a fresh description of his evolving relationship with Shakespeare. The author of Tamberlaine the Great and Doctor Faustus  Christopher Marlowe changed the nature of the English stage. Researched in archives in England  Europe  and the United States  this superb biography paints an unforgettable portrait of one of the most remarkable figures in English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67964063285301,"sku":"ByrdShop_0198186959","price":28.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780198186953.jpg?v=1794545678","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/christopher-marlowepoet-spy-cloth-9780198186953","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}