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The Marlowe Papers Paperback – 24 May 2012
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Ros Barber
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Product details
- Publisher : Sceptre (24 May 2012)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 464 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1444737392
- ISBN-13 : 978-1444737394
- Dimensions : 15.6 x 3.6 x 20.3 cm
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The best book I've read for a long time. Truly innovative, truly original, and a powerful poetic journey to another truth. Ros Barber has told a great story, in a fascinating way, so fascinating that she had someone like me gripped to the very end. This really is a joy to read and a true work of art. (Benjamin Zephaniah)
This terrifically accomplished and enjoyable novel/play/poem, call it what you like, restores one's faith in English fiction. (Fay Weldon)
'A rare find indeed - searing poetry meets compelling narrative in a historical tour de force that had me ripping through the pages.' (Robyn Young)
This terrifically accomplished and enjoyable novel/play/poem, call it what you like, restores one's faith in English fiction. (Fay Weldon)
'A rare find indeed - searing poetry meets compelling narrative in a historical tour de force that had me ripping through the pages.' (Robyn Young)
Book Description
Memoir, love letter, settling of accounts and a cry for recognition as the creator of some of the most sublime works in the English language, this is Christopher Marlowe's testament - and a tour de force by an award-winning poet: provocative, persuasive and enthralling.
About the Author
Ros Barber was born in Washington DC and raised in England. She is the author of three collections of poetry, the latest of which (Material, Anvil 2008) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Her short fiction, which won prizes in the Asham and Independent on Sunday short story competitions, has been published by Bloomsbury and Serpents Tail. Her poetry has appeared in Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, Poetry London, London Magazine, The Guardian, the Independent on Sunday and many other publications; it also features in anthologies published by Faber, Virago, Anvil and Seren. Dr. Barber has also published academic papers on Christopher Marlowe. She lives in Brighton and has four children.
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Peter Hutton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Christopher Marlowe's real story, in his own words?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2020Verified Purchase
Ros adopts the persona of Christopher Marlowe to tell the story of how, far from being killed in a brawl in Deptford, he was whisked away to Europe by fellow members of Lord Burghley’s spy network and continued writing works under a pseudonym. Ros builds on the very credible research of others and joins their dots to construct an intriguing and imaginative tale of what happened to him before and after his supposed demise in 1593. Her writing in verse in the style of Marlowe adds to the intrigue and the sense that you really are listening to this Elizabethan voice from the grave.
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Fat face
4.0 out of 5 stars
Clever and challenging
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2013Verified Purchase
Perhaps not the first choice for a holiday read but it is clever in its execution and I found I needed a certain amount of concentration and careful managing when deciding to put it aside. I did enjoy the concept and at last iambic pentameter that I could easily comprehend without looking at the notes. In fact the book jogged along quite quickly and I marvel at the time involved in putting it together. No mean feat.
Perhaps I should have read the blurb more carefully because like other reviewers I was a little taken back when I opened the book and found it entirely in verse. But I took on the challenge and made it to the end.
I won't write at length about the rights and wrongs of whether Marlowe was Shakespeare etc. I read the book for what it was...another viewpoint.
Not everyone's cup of tea but for those who enjoy something a little more challenging then perfect.
Perhaps I should have read the blurb more carefully because like other reviewers I was a little taken back when I opened the book and found it entirely in verse. But I took on the challenge and made it to the end.
I won't write at length about the rights and wrongs of whether Marlowe was Shakespeare etc. I read the book for what it was...another viewpoint.
Not everyone's cup of tea but for those who enjoy something a little more challenging then perfect.

teacher
3.0 out of 5 stars
NOT EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA......
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 April 2014Verified Purchase
but an interesting concept and way of writing. The premise that Marlow escaped and then went on to write the plays we ascribe to Shakespeare is of course not a new one but here we get the back story and it is convincing up to a point. To then make the book a series of poems is to say the least adventurous as it cuts out another layer of readership. I don't ascribe to the theory but I found the book interesting up to a point. In the end the poems became tedious. There some individually good ones but it is hard to sustain the standard.

Gill M
4.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful page turner!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2013Verified Purchase
I really enjoyed this, though remain unconvinced of its basic thesis - i.e. that Marlowe/Marley's Deptford death was faked and that he escaped abroad to write the works generally attributed to Shakespeare. [There's just too much evidence to the contrary - see James Shapiro's brilliant book refuting the arguments adduced in support of other claimants.]
Nevertheless, Barber's account of Marlowe's character and attitudes - and of the milieu he lived in - is moving and convincing and v. sexy - and I loved the fact that the book is written entirely in loose verse (sonnet?) form.
Nevertheless, Barber's account of Marlowe's character and attitudes - and of the milieu he lived in - is moving and convincing and v. sexy - and I loved the fact that the book is written entirely in loose verse (sonnet?) form.

T. Leadbeater
5.0 out of 5 stars
A whowroteit
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2020Verified Purchase
Brilliant. Almost convinced by the alternative history but thoroughly convinced by the form. One of the best books I have ever read.
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