Title: Silent court
Description: "November, 1583. Desperate not to let the Netherlands fall into the hands of Catholic Spain, the Queen's spymaster orders Cambridge scholar and novice spy Christopher Marlowe to go there to assist its beleaguered leader, William the Silent. However, travelling in disguise as part of a troupe of Egyptian players, Marlowe encounters trouble even before he leaves England. When the players make a detour to perform at the home of Dr John Dee, one of their tricks ends in tragedy - and an arrest for murder ..."--Publisher's Internet site.
Subjects: Fiction, Eighty Years' War (Netherlands : 1568-1648) fast (OCoLC)fst01802133, History, Fiction, crime, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Great britain, fiction, Netherlands, fiction
Places: Great Britain, Netherlands
People: William I Prince of Orange, William I Prince of Orange (1533-1584), Francis Walsingham Sir (1530?-1590), Francis Walsingham Sir, John Dee (1527-1608), John Dee, Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
Time periods: Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648, Elizabeth, 1558-1603