{"product_id":"tamburlaine-must-die-paperback","title":"Tamburlaine Must Die - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouise Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1593. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA city on edge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnder threat from plague and war, strangers are unwelcome, suspicion is wholesale, severed heads grin from the spikes on Tower Bridge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlaywright, poet and spy, Christopher Marlowe walks the city's mean streets with just three days to find the murderous Tamburlaine, a killer escaped from the pages of his most violent play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTamburlaine Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e is the searing adventure of a man who dares to defy both God and the state and whose murder remains a taunting mystery to the present day.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A taut, seedy novella scraped off the undercarriage of Elizabethan England.\" \u003ci\u003eArena\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1593 and London is a city on edge. Under threat from plague and war, strangers are unwelcome and severed heads grin from spikes on Tower Bridge.\u003ci\u003e Tamburlaine Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the last days of the playwright Christopher Marlowe, a man who dares to defy both God and state - and discovers that there are worse fates than damnation . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Elizabethan England has never seemed so beguilingly immediate ... Every vignette, every minor character, every sight, sound and smell, has the ring of truth.\" \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pungently atmospheric.\" \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTamburlaine Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e sets the seal on Welsh's skills as a writer. She weaves fact and fiction into a compelling plot not for the faint-hearted.\" \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bold, imaginative, vibrant.\" \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A page-turner to the very end.\" \u003ci\u003eSunday Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cutting Room\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTamburlaine Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e. She was chosen as one of Britain's Best First Novelists of 2002 by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, won The Crime Writers' Association Creasey Dagger for the best first crime novel, and the Saltire First Book of The Year Award, 2002. Her new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Bullet Trick\u003c\/i\u003e is published in paperback Feb 2007. She lives in Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727584235583,"sku":"9781841956046","price":23.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/98ac0f9d1a7bcea0c8dc37061ab2ba43.webp?v=1765115387","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/tamburlaine-must-die-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}