{"product_id":"dark-renaissance-1","title":"Dark Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoor boy. Dark star. Spy. Transgressor. Genius.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the extraordinary story of Christopher Marlowe – Shakespeare’s greatest inspiration and rival.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Sparkling, addictive reading' \u003c\/b\u003eMAGGIE O'FARRELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A dazzling account of a dazzling life’ \u003c\/b\u003eSTEPHEN FRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003eJAMES SHAPIRO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘As evocative as any novel’ \u003c\/b\u003ePHILIPPA GREGORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Riveting’ \u003c\/b\u003eBEN ELTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e** AN \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e DAILY EXPRESS \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 **\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn brutally repressive Elizabethan London, artists are frightened; foreigners are suspect; crowds revel in animal fights and public executions. Into this crude world comes an ambitious boy whose uncanny ear for poetry and radical streak would change England forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter Christopher Marlowe. A cobbler’s son from Canterbury, by the time of his murder in 1593 Marlowe is the most celebrated playwright of his time, setting the stage for an explosion of artistic creativity. Written by one of our greatest writers on the Elizabethan era, Dark Renaissance tells Marlowe’s story: a thrilling tale of daring, scandal and tragedy which reveals Marlowe to be a blazing talent who helped break England out of the cultural darkness and into the light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘An unforgettable literary biographical tour de force’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Reads like something out of Le Carré’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Gripping’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Terrific … A thrilling, twisty tale’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Outstanding’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57257715761496,"sku":"9781529967791","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529967791_8ff7d3b9-2c89-45e4-9c50-f828b06c25e4.jpg?v=1780446621","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dark-renaissance-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}