{"product_id":"lightborne","title":"Lightborne","description":"\u003cb\u003eA thrilling reimagining of the last days of one of the most famed Elizabethan playwrights--Christopher Marlowe--and of a love that flourishes within the margins.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher Marlowe: playwright, poet, lover. In the plague-stricken streets of Elizabethan England, Kit flirts with danger, leaving a trail of enemies and old flames in his wake. His plays are a roaring success; he seems destined for greatness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But in the spring of 1593, the queen's eyes are everywhere and the air is laced with paranoia. Marlowe receives an unwelcome visit from his one-time mentor, Richard Baines, a man who knows all of Marlowe's secrets and is hell-bent on his destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Marlowe is arrested on charges of treason, heresy, and sodomy--all of which are punishable by death--he is released on bail with the help of Sir Thomas Walsingham. Kit presumes Walsingham to be his friend; in fact, the spymaster has hired an assassin to take care of Kit, fearing that his own sins may come to light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, with the queen's spies and the vengeful Baines closing in on the playwright, Marlowe's last friend in the world is Ingram Frizer, a total stranger who is obsessed with Kit's plays, and who will, within ten days' time, first become Marlowe's lover--and then his killer. Richly atmospheric, emotionally devastating, and heartrendingly imagined, \u003ci\u003eLightborne\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful reimagining of the last days of one of England's most famous literary figures.","brand":"Hesse Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46386908135660,"sku":"9781639367382","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781639367382.jpg?v=1745105996","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/lightborne","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}