Tamburlaine Must Die.

First read this novella by Loise Welsh a couple of years ago, enjoyed it very much then, even more so now.  Just took an urge to re-read and i am so glad I did. i very much enjoyed her interpretation of Christopher Marlowe. Swaggering and sexy, up to his cod-piece in all sorts of skull duggery in an age of ferocious skull duggery, where a mistep spells disaster. There is no room for innocence in the School Of Night And Fog. although the seasoned players find uses for it.
           We understand from the beginning that the clock is ticking for Marlowe. We have the advantage of hindsight even if the details of his last day remain cloaked in mystery. How could it be any less so for a master of the dark arts. Talk about Mad, Bad and dangerous to know.This was the man who created Doctor Faustus as a form of entertainment in an age when to truck with the Devil was to take not only your freedom and physical well being into account but was also to put your immortal soul on the line...
            Oh how Marlowe must have laughed.