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Anthony Burgess
A Dead Man in Deptford

BiographySocial life and customs

A Dead Man in Deptford

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First published: 1993
Editions: 10 in 3 languages

Synopsis

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: Biography
Social life and customs
Historical
England
Great britain
Dramatists
Set in: Deptford
Time: Early modern, 1500-1700
Characters: Christopher Marlowe

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10 in 3 languages

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English8 French1 German1

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