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Notables in Elizabeth's Court - Elizabethan Writers16th Century

Notables in Elizabeth's Court

Here Was a Man: A Novel of Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth I
Norah Lofts

Newly released after being out of print for years!  Raleigh's wit, ambition, and adventurous spirit endear him to all, including the queen herself, but Elizabeth's favor proves as much hindrance as help, as Raleigh still has but one goal in mind -- to take to the seas and
secure his place as one of the great explorers of the age. The queen will not allow her young knight to be taken
from her side, repeatedly refusing his requests for expeditions, until she at last reluctantly grants him
permission to conquer in her name. Meanwhile, between journeys, his passion is stirred, not by the queen but by
her lady-in-waiting Lisbeth. His loyalties are split between the boundless opportunities the queen can bestow
and the pull of his own heart.

Nicholas Cooke: Actor, Soldier, Physician, Priest : A Novel by Stephanie
Cowell: Books

Author: Stephanie Cowell

Enters London society after being seduced by Kit Marlowe.  Part of a trilogy that extends beyond our period.

Golden Lads
Author: Daphne du Maurier; Buy New: $12.44

A novel of Francis and Anthony Bacon and their friends

Under Drake's Flag
Author: G. A. Henty; Buy New: $6.95

Young adult novel, a good old-fashioned adventure story about a young
boy who sailed the high seas with Sir Francis Drake.

Buccaneer Surgeon,
Author: Frank G Slaughter

Novel about the surgeon who served aboard Drake's ship and attended him
throughout his adventures.

Golden Admiral
Author: F. van Wyck Mason

Sir Francis Drake

To Love a Queen
Author: Lawrence Schoonover;

The love of Sir Walter Raleigh for his queen

Raleigh's Page
Author: Alan Armstrong, Tim Jessell; Buy New: $13.25

Young adult novel about the 12 year old boy who becomes Sir Walter
Raleigh's servant and accompanies him on his voyages.

The Voyage of the Destiny
Author: Robert Nye; Buy New: $24.95

After unjustly languishing for years in the Tower, Raleigh undertakes
one final voyage in search of gold. 

Lady in Waiting
Author: Rosemary Sutcliff

A novel of Bess Throckmorton who incurred the Queen's wrath when she married Sir Walter Raleigh.

Death Of The Fox: A Novel Of Elizabeth And Raleigh
Author: George Garrett
The Bright Day Is Done
Author: Judith Saxton

Robert Dudley's wife, Amy Robsart,  died under mysterious circumstances. Was it an
accident or murder?

Gay Lord Robert
Author: Jean Plaidy

Robert Dudley, reputed suitor of Queen Elizabeth.

Cock Robin
Author: Joanna Dessau; Buy New: $32.50

A novel of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth's favorite
courtier and, possibly, her lover.

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Elizabethan Writers

Christoferus, or Tom Kyd's Revenge
Author: Robin Chapman

A novel of Elizabethan espionage and theatre featuring Christopher
Marlowe.

Interred with Their Bones
Author: Jennifer Lee Carrell; Buy New: $17.13

This mystery/thriller supposedly does for Shakespeare what "The Da Vinci Code" did for Mary Magdalene. The plot involves a lost play written by Shakespeare.

Icarus Flying
Author: Liam Maguire

"The tragical story of Christopher Marlowe"

Black Swan
Author: Farrukh Dhondy;

A novel of Marlowe, Shakespeare, and a mysterious black man known as
Lazarus.

The Scholars of Night
Author: John M. Ford

Mystery surrounding modern day and Elizabethan era espionage and a lost
manuscript supposedly written by Marlowe. 

Water Lane
Author: John Passfield; Buy New: $14.95

As he lies bleeding to death on the floor of a tavern in Deptford, Christopher Marlowe looks back upon his life.

A Dead Man in Deptford
Author: Anthony Burgess; Buy New: $11.90

A mystery involving Christopher Marlowe by the author of "A Clockwork Orange".

Mignon
Author: Chris Hunt;

The court of Henri III of France offers a young man the chance to make his fortune as a mignon--one of the King's pet boys. The second half of the story takes place in Elizabethan London and involves poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe and the underworld of spies, crime, and political intrigue.

The Playmakers
Author: Graeme Johnstone; Buy New: $16.85

Shakespeare and Marlowe.

The Death and Life of Miguel De Cervantes
Author: Stephen Marlowe 

Recreates the life story of the author of the classic novel Don Quixote, in which he survives his humble beginnings and international espionage only to cross paths with such contemporaries as the real William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe.

No Bed for Bacon
Author: Caryl Brahms, S. J. Simon

When the movie Shakespeare in Love was released the authors were accused of lifting the plot from this novel originally published in 1941.

To Be a King: A Novel About Christopher Marlowe
Author: Robert Demaria; Buy New: $15.56
Enter a Spy: The Double Life of Christopher Marlowe 
Author: Herbert Lom
The Shadow of the Earth: An Historical Novel Based on the Life of Christopher Marlowe
Author: Lee Wichelns
The Secret of the Rose
Author: Sarah L. Thomson; Buy New: $13.25

When her father is imprisoned in 1592 England for being Catholic,
fourteen-year-old Rosalind disguises herself as a boy and finds an
ultimately dangerous job as servant to playwright Christopher Marlowe.

Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon
Author: Lisa Goldstein

Christopher Marlowe, poet, playwright, private investigator is a major
player in a war against England, between the forces of good and evil,
waged by fairies

Entered From The Sun
Author: George Garrett; Buy New: $18.00

The murder of Christopher Marlowe.

Her Infinite Variety
Author: Pamela Rafael Berkman; Buy New: $13.95

The women in Shakespeare's  life.

Mrs. Shakespeare
Author: Robert Nye

Seven years after his death, Anne Hathaway reminisces about her
now-famous husband.

Will Shakespeare and the Pirate's Fire
Author: Robert J Harris

Children's adventure novel.

Shakespeare's Wife
Author: Germaine Greer; Buy New: $17.79

Ann Hathaway, the wife of England's greatest playwright. 

Young Will: The Confessions of William Shakespeare
Author: Bruce Cook; Buy New: $15.95
The Late Mr. Shakespeare
Author: Robert Nye

In an attic above a brothel, a former actor, now an old man, who began
his career as a boy in Shakespeare's troipe, sits down to write the full
story of his former friend, mentor, and master. 

The Players: A Novel of the Young Shakespeare
Author: Stephanie Cowell
Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love-Life
Author: Anthony Burgess; Buy New: $11.86
Falstaff
Author: Robert Nye; Buy New: $14.95

In this raucous romp of a novel, The most beloved comic figure in
English literature tells his own unbuttoned story - to set the record
straight. 

Kiss Me Forever/Love Me Forever
Author: Rosemary Laurey; Buy New: $5.99

Christopher Marlowe as a vampire.

The School of Night
Author: Alan Wall

A 20th century investigator looks into the realities of the infamous secret society and the true authorship of Shakespeare's plays.

History Play
Author: Rodney Bolt

What if Christopher Marlowe staged his own death, fled to the Continent and went on to write the works we now attribute to William Shakespeare?

The Intelligencer
Author: Leslie Silbert;

Two stories--one modern, one Elizabethan, linked together by the life
and  death of Christopher Marlowe, poet, playwright, and spy.

One Dagger For Two
Author: Philip Lindsay

Christopher Marlowe.

The Slicing Edge of Death
Author: Judith Cook;

Novel of poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe.

My Father had a Daughter
Author: Grace Tiffany;

The daughter of William Shakespeare runs away from home, cuts her hair, and disguises herself as a boy to join a theatrical troupe.

Will
Author: Grace Tiffany;

A novel of the life of William Shakespeare.

Tamburlaine Must Die
Author: Louise Welsh;

A mystery  novel about Christopher Marlowe

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The Shakespeare and Marlowe  Fantasy Trilogy

Concerning William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and the unique bond they share with the Faerie Queen.

All Night Awake
Author: Sarah A. Hoyt;
Ill Met by Moonlight
Author: Sarah A. Hoyt
Any Man So Daring
Author: Sarah A. Hoyt; Buy New: $23.95
Shakespeare's Daughter
Author: Peter W. Hassinger

Shakespeare's eldest daughter, Susanna

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16th Century in general

Insatiable
Author: Virginia Henley; Buy New: $7.99

Romance set at the court of Elizabeth I.

A Knight in Shining Armor
Author: Jude Deveraux; Buy New: $7.99

A modern day woman finds romance with a nobleman of Elizabethan England in this time travel romance.

The Soul Slayer
Author: Paul Doherty;

Novel of the dark arts in 16th century England.

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