![]() ![]() ![]() At the center of the action is Kit himself-an irrepressible, irreverent force of nature. With modern language and touches of humor, Allison Epsteins thrilling novel. ![]() Pairing modern language with period detail, Allison Epstein brings Elizabeth’s lavish court, Marlowe’s colorful theater troupe, and the squalor of sixteenth-century London to vivid, teeming life. Wow, A Tip for the Hangman is a refreshing take on historical fiction/thriller. A Tip for the Hangman: A Novel Allison Epstein Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Fiction - 384 pages 4 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake. But when Kit finds himself reluctantly drawn back into the world of espionage and treason, he realizes everything he’s worked so hard to attain-including the trust of the man he loves-could vanish in an instant. Spying on Queen Mary turns out to be more than Kit bargained for, but his salary allows him to mount his first play, and over the following years he becomes the toast of London’s raucous theater scene. In Kit Marlowe’s last year at Cambridge, he is approached by Queen Elizabeth’s spymaster offering an unorthodox career opportunity: going undercover to intercept a Catholic plot to put Mary, Queen of Scots on Elizabeth’s throne. Our March Pick A Tip for the Hangman by Allison EpsteinĪn Elizabethan espionage thriller in which playwright Christopher Marlowe spies on Mary, Queen of Scots while navigating the perils of politics, theater, romance-and murder.Įngland, 1585. ![]()
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