The reckoning
Subtitle: the murder of Christopher Marlowe
By: Charles Nicholl.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780151759811
Subjects: Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593 -- Death and burial.; Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.; Murder -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.; Murder victims -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-399) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : A torch turning downward; title: Part one : The killing.; title: Deptford, 1593; title: The official story; title: The witnesses; title: Widow Bull; title: Libels and heresies; title: Part two : Reactions.; title: The first epitaphs; title: The 'Goggle-eyed Sonnet'; title: Independent accounts; title: Touchstone's riddle; title: Vaughan and the Perrots; title: The questions; title: Part three : The intelligence connection.; title: Faithful dealing; title: The Elizabethan secret service; title: Thomas Walsingham; title: Shaking the foundation; title: Robert Poley; title: The Babington plot; title: Part four : Poets and spies.; title: 'Our best for plotting'; title: Thomas Watson; title: Fictions and knaveries; title: The Wizard Earl; title: The 'priest of the sun'; title: Part five : The Low Countries.; title: New masters; title: Lord Strange; title: The Dutch shilling; title: Marlowe and Poole; title: Poley's network; title: Roydon and the King of Scots; title: Part six : The frame.; title: 'This cursed Cholmeley'; title: The damnable crew; title: The Dutch church libeller; title: Ralegh and Essex; title: The Drury letter; title: Marlowe's liberty; title: The reckoning; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix : 'False trails'