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 ...
- ISBN10 0727896326
- ISBN13 9780727896322
- Publish Date 26 September 2013 (first published 30 December 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 June 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Severn House Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Severn House Large Print Books
- Edition First World Large Print
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English