THE MARLOWE CONSPIRACY - historical thriller

[mgscarsbrook]

Sale at Smashwords about to End!

For the last few days of July THE MARLOWE CONSPIRACY is 50% off over at Smashwords.

Just use the code SSW50 at checkout.

Happy reading!

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/27547

[mgscarsbrook]

Historical Novels Review Online has just given a great review to THE MARLOWE CONSPIRACY:

THE MARLOWE CONSPIRACY: A NOVEL

Historical novelists would be lost without the dashing, mysterious figure of Christopher Marlowe, and they'd be equally lost if there were video footage of him getting fatally stabbed in a Deptford rooming house on May 30, 1593. The shady background of the men with Marlowe that day (and their summary acquittal by a royal inquest) has been grist for conspiracy mills ever since, and M.G. Scarsbrook, after a great deal of obvious and reassuring research, takes on the whole murky mess of Marlowe's life and death and afterlife in his packed and rambunctious novel, The Marlowe Conspiracy. Every major incident from the poet's life is re-imagined and very effectively dramatized (indeed, Scarsbrook often subtly re-arranges details to enhance the drama) as Marlowe enlists the aid of his friend Shakespeare to clear himself of charges of atheism in the spring of that fatal year. The vast and tangled world of Elizabethan culture and court politics is brought spectacularly alive under Scarsbrook's handling, and the dialogue crackles with urgency and wit. From the book's great first line (“The moon looked flat and pale and ready for a kill”), through the machinations of Elizabeth I's devious and powerful councilors, to an ending that will please most, if not all, conspiracy buffs, this novel never flags for an instant and never disappoints. Highly recommended. -- Steve Donoghue

[mgscarsbrook]

Roland Emmerich's movie ANONYMOUS about Shakespeare and conspiracy theories is soon to be released in the UK and the Guardian has just given it a flattering review. The film includes the character of Christopher Marlowe (played by Trystan Gravelle), who is of couse the star of my novel THE MARLOWE CONSPIRACY.

Here's the review, if you'd like to read it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/...am-shakespeare

Can't wait to see it!

[mgscarsbrook]

To celebrate the release of the tudor film Anonymous this month, my Elizabethan thriller THE MARLOWE CONSPIRACY is now on sale during October for $0.99. Not a bad deal, consider it has earned postive reviews from Publishers Weekly and the Historical Novel Society, and normally retails at $4.95.

Only 27 days left to get it at this price!