{"product_id":"lightborne-9781639367382","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639367382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs","brand":"Hesse Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44589964918965,"sku":"9781639367382","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4b03384c-9aa5-4746-b0d6-8bf145204493.jpg?v=1724734366","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lightborne-9781639367382","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}