A PRISONER IN MALTA by Phillip DePoy - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
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In 1583, the nineteen-year-old Christopher
Marlowe---with a reputation as a brawler, a womanizer, a genius, and a
social upstart at Cambridge University---is visited by a man
representing Marlowe's benefactors. There are rumors of a growing plot
against her majesty Queen Elizabeth I, and the Queen's spymaster, Sir
Francis Walsingham, has charged young Marlowe with tracking down the
truth. The path to that truth seems to run through an enigmatic
prisoner held in complete seclusion in a heavily guarded dungeon in
Malta. Marlowe must use every bit of his wits, his skills, and his
daring to unravel one of the greatest mysteries in history and help
uncover and unravel scheme of assassination and invasion, one involving
the government of Spain, high ranking English nobles, and even Pope
himself.
Christopher Marlowe---Elizabethan playwright, poet, and
spy---is one of the most enigmatic figures in Renaissance England. The
son of a shoemaker from Canterbury, he attended Cambridge University
on scholarship and, while frequently in trouble, was bailed out through
the intercession of Queen Elizabeth I's Privy Council. Long rumored to
have been an agent on behalf of the Queen's spymaster, Edgar Award
winner Phillip DePoy's new series brings Marlowe and his times to life.
