Set in Elizabethan England, Burgess's first novel for four years centres on the life of Christopher Marlowe, who was killed in suspicious circumstances in a tavern brawl in Deptford 400 years ago. It portrays a theatre genius riven by sexual and political conflicts. By the author of Any Old Iron.
- ISBN10 075315109X
- ISBN13 9780753151099
- Publish Date May 1996 (first published 6 May 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 July 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher ISIS Publishing
- Imprint ISIS Large Print Books
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English