J. Leslie Hotson — The Death of Christopher Marlowe

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating exploration of the death of Christopher Marlowe by Leslie Hotson. Second impression published 1925, originally published earlier the same year. Illustrated with a fold out facsimile frontispiece and four plates. Collated, complete. A fascinating exploration of the death of Christopher Marlowe, an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Hotson uncovers the original coroner's report from 1593, positing that Ingram Frizer as the killer of Christopher Marlowe while at the Deptford residence of widow, Eleanor Bull. Written by John Leslie Hotson, an American scholar of Elizabethan literary puzzles. He had a number of notable successes, but not all of his "decodings" have been accepted by other scholars. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart indeed, with some very minor handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .