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When it was found in a broken state in 1952, a quest to identify its sitter began. The legend at the upper left reads:  \n‘anno domini aetatis suae 21 | 1585 | quod me nutrit | me destruit’(‘Aged 21 in the year of our Lord 1585: That which nourishes me, also destroys me’)  \nChristopher Marlowe Poet & Spy  \nPark Honan  \n1  \n3  \nGreat Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in  \nOxford New York  \nAuckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto  \nWith offices in  \nArgentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries  \nPublished in the United States  \nby Oxford University Press Inc., New York  \n© Park Honan 2005  \nThe moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2005  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organizations. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Honan, Park.  \nChristopher Marlowe : poet & spy / Park Honan.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–19–818695–9 (acid-free paper)  \n1. Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593. 2. Dramatists, English––Early modern, 1500–1700––Biography. 3. Espionage, British––History––16th century. 4. Spies––Great Britain––Biography. I. Title.  \nPR2673.H57 2005 822′.3––dc22 2005019761 Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Printed in Great Britain  \non acid-free paper by  \nBiddles Ltd, King’s Lynn, Norfolk  \nISBN 0–19–818695–9 978–0–19–818695–3  \n1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2  \nTo my family and Ernst Honigmann  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nAcknowledgements  \nI especially wish to thank staff at the Canterbury Cathedral Archives and at the Canterbury Library, as well as at Cambridge University. At Corpus Christi College, the Master and Fellows let me stay over at Marlowe’s former college time and again while work on this biography was in progress. I am very grateful to Ms G. C. Cannell, for constant help at the Parker Library.  \nI gladly thank the Huntington Library in California, as well as the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, for fellowships while I was writing the book. In the Netherlands, I was aided at Naarden’s museum, and very considerably at the Gemeentearchief Vlissingen, to whose staff, and especially Ad Tramper, I am obliged. In France, I was aided at Rheims and particularly at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris; also, for their interest and encouragement, I thank Pierre-Louis Basse, François Mouret, Marianne Sinclair and Sylvette Gleize, in Paris, and, in Brittany, Annick and Per Blomquist.  \nCloser to home, I am much obliged to the Bodleian Library at Oxford; the British Library in London; the Brotherton Library at Leeds University; the Centre for Kentish Studies at Maidstone; Deptford Public Library; the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office), and the Yorkshire Archaeological ","cbCaieIOTfIJjaGZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieIOTfIJjaGZ","pdf",7345111,438,"English","# Acknowledgements\n## Research support and archival access\n## Scholarly assistance and translations\n## Institutional fellowships and correspondence","[{\"question\":\"What is Christopher Marlowe - Poet \\u0026 Spy about?\",\"answer\":\"It is a biographical study of Christopher Marlowe, treating his life through both literary work and espionage-related history, supported by scholarly research and documentation.\"},{\"question\":\"What discovery is mentioned that helped launch the portrait identification effort?\",\"answer\":\"A putative portrait of Marlowe was found in a broken state in 1952, prompting a quest to identify the sitter.\"},{\"question\":\"Who are the main contributors acknowledged for research assistance?\",\"answer\":\"The acknowledgements thank archives and libraries such as Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Cambridge University, and major collections, alongside named scholars who provided help with translations, historical questions, and editorial or textual support.\"}]","Christopher Marlowe - Poet & Spy | PDF",1789940179,1104]