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In 1593 the brilliant but controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady. Nicholls penetrates four centuries of obscurity to reveal a complex story of entrapment and betrayal. Winner of the Crime Writer's Gold... read more
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THERE WERE OSIER-BEDS by Deptford Creek, and fishing boats drawn up along the gravelled beaches of the Thames, but already this seemed an image of Deptford's past, a memory of how it was.
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- Charles Nicholl (Author)
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