
The English Agent: A Christopher Marlowe Mystery (A Christopher Marlowe Mystery, 2)
In 1583, young Christopher Marlowestudent, brawler, rakehell, and wouldbe playwrighthas had a dreadful evening. The first performance of his play in the corner of a very disreputable Cambridge bar is a humiliating flop, and then hes attacked on the streets while in the company of Thomas Kyd. So when Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeths spymaster, sends for him, Marlowe is only too happy to go.The assignment is go to Holland, where Englands ally, William the Silent, is the target of a Spanish assassination plota plot that is only the first step in the latest attempt to usurp the throne of England.
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In 1583, young Christopher Marlowestudent, brawler, rakehell, and wouldbe playwrighthas had a dreadful evening. The first performance of his play in the corner of a very disreputable Cambridge bar is a humiliating flop, and then hes attacked on the streets while in the company of Thomas Kyd. So when Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeths spymaster, sends for him, Marlowe is only too happy to go.The assignment is go to Holland, where Englands ally, William the Silent, is the target of a Spanish assassination plota plot that is only the first step in the latest attempt to usurp the throne of England.











