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STAGE, CRAFT DRAMATIST AND SECRET AGENT, MARLOWE LED A LIFE STILL SHROUDED IN MYSTERY

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20060219
Author:Joseph Rosenbloom

The cobweb-draped mysteries surrounding the life and murder of Christopher Marlowe continue to intrigue biographers. Marlowe's life story is a tabloid editor's dream. Just enough is known about his murder to permit endless conjecture about why it happened, yet it remains tantalizingly unsolved.

So what if the murder occurred 413 years ago? Why stop hunting for clues?

The latest to take the dare is Park Honan. In "Christopher Marlowe: Poet and Spy" he plunges into the questions still swirling around the illustrious playwright. Was Marlowe slain in a contract hit or in a brawl over a meal tab, ...

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