A dead man in Deptford

Description:

The whole of Elizabethan England--from the court and its intrigue to the theatre and its genius to London and its slums--is brilliantly recreated in this joyous celebration of the life of Christopher Marlowe, killed in highly suspicious circumstances in a tavern brawl in Deptford hundreds of years ago.

subjects: Dramatists,  Dramatists, English,  English Dramatists,  Fiction,  Biography,  Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593 -- Fiction.,  Social life and customs,  Dramatists -- Fiction.,  Deptford (London, England) -- Fiction.,  Fiction, historical,  Great britain, fiction,  England, fiction,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, historical, general,  English fiction

People: Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

Places: Deptford (London, England),  England) Deptford (London

Times: Early modern, 1500-1700