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Synopsis
In 1583, young Christopher Marlowe student, brawler, rakehell, and would-be playwright has 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 he s attacked on the streets while in the company of Thomas Kyd. So when Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth s spymaster, sends for him, Marlowe is only too happy to go.
The assignment is go to Holland, where England s ally, William the Silent, is the target of a Spanish assassination plot a plot that is only the first step in the latest attempt to usurp the throne of England.
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