This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2021 by Allison Epstein
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto.
doubleday and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
library of congress cataloging-in-publication data
Title: A tip for the hangman : a novel of Christopher Marlowe / by Allison Epstein.
Description: First edition. | New York : Doubleday [2021]
Identifiers: lccn 2020020637 (print) | lccn 2020020638 (ebook) | isbn 9780385546713 (hardcover) | isbn 9780385546720 (ebook)
Subjects: lcsh: Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593—Fiction. | gsafd: Biographical fiction. | Suspense fiction.
Classification: lcc ps3605.p6456 t57 2021 (print) | lcc ps3605.p6456 (ebook) | ddc 813/.6—dc23
lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020637
lc ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020638
Ebook ISBN 9780385546720
Cover design by Mark Abrams
Cover images (details): devil by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères and bloody sword by Richard Dadd, 1853, courtesy of the Wellcome Collection; hand with rose and arm with dagger from Costumes Historiques Des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles by Georges Duplessis, queen and two men from Costumes of All Nations
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