{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHesse Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (they) was raised in rural Pennsylvania but now lives in Spain. Much of their early life was spent in the theater, where they developed a love for Shakespeare and the other Elizabethan\/Jacobean dramatists. They earned a BA in theater history at Marlboro College, Vermont, and later a PhD in drama from Tufts University in Boston. While writing their undergraduate thesis on Edward II, they also began working on a novel about Christopher Marlowe that would eventually become\u003ci\u003e Lightborne\u003c\/i\u003e. They are a proud graduate of Grub Street Boston's acclaimed Novel Incubator program.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50895381299474,"sku":"9781639367382","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fda15341-49e6-4264-815d-1f1310a9dcc3.jpg?v=1738271084","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lightborne-9781639367382","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}