Description: "Terrifically accomplished and enjoyable . . . restores one's faith in English fiction." --Fay Weldon "Searing poetry meets compelling narrative in a historical tour de force that had me ripping through the pages. My only complaint is that everything else I read for a while now will, I fear, suffer by comparison." --Robyn Young, author of The Fall of the Templars and Brethren "A story of ambition, infamy, beer, cunning, facepaint, red herrings, knives, and pen and paper, [The Marlowe Papers] is not only an homage to Marlowe but a celebration of poetry - and of its power to allow the dead to speak." --Blake Morrison, author of And When Did You Last See Your Father? "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, author of Gangsta Boy and Face "The Marlowe Papers is the best read, so far, this year." -- Sunday Express, UK "ElegantThis rich and charmingly playful work avoids the potential for whimsy inherent in such an undertaking. The thrill at reimagining the events and era comes through wave after wave As Barber's Marlowe tells us in a chapter entitled "The Pact of Faustus", "some knowledge lifts and some intoxicates". THE MARLOWE PAPERS does both with considerable aplomb. -- Sunday Telegraph , UK

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