Water Lane: The Pilgrimage of Christopher Marlowe [Paperback]

John Passfield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2005

Water Lane, the last stop on Medieval pilgrimages to Canterbury, is located in the ancestral village that John Passfield shares with the, Elizabethan playwright, Christopher Marlowe. In this novel, the water in the lane becomes a central image in an imaginary pilgrimage that the dying artist recalls as he lies bleeding from a stab wound on the floor of Eleanor Bull's house in Deptford, in May of 1593. Amid the footsteps and murmurs of his murderers, as they rehearse their version of the scuffle, Marlowe's preconscious mind attempts a final structuring of the images of his life. The overt mystery -- who has arranged the death of Christopher Marlowe? --frames the covert mystery: what are the influences that shape, an artist's work?

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About the Author

John Passfield was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and continues to reside in Southern Ontario, at Cayuga, with his family. He has taught and studied literature, creative writing and drama, and is interested in the development of the novel as an art form. Water Lane is his first published novel. A companion book, The Making of Water Lane, records the process whereby a visit to Water Lane, a place of significance for writers Geoffrey Chaucer and Christopher Marlowe, and of his own ancestral roots, led the author to write a complex literary novel which is a story of political intrigue and a lyrical evocation of the influence of childhood and family on a sensitive artist. www.johnpassfield.ca

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (March 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 142081558X
• ISBN-13: 978-1420815580
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,074,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)