Christopher Marlowe lived a life that echoed the violence in his plays. He was born in 1564 and was murdered in 1593 in what is speculated to be a political assassination. An educated man; he received both his B. A. and M. A. at Corpus Christi College; Cambridge; where it is believed that he wrote Part I of "Tamberlaine"; and possibly "Dido Queen of Carthage". Machiavellian themes are present in much of Marlowes work; the main characters constantly involved in a tumultuous upward climb toward unattainable infinite success. Marlowes perhaps greatest legacy was introducing blank verse into English theatre with "Tamburlaine The Great; Part I." This collection includes: "Dido Queen of Carthage"; "Tamburlaine; Parts I II"; "The Jew of Malta"; "The Massacre At Paris"; "Edward The Second"; "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus"; "The First Book of Lucan"; "Ovids Elegies"; and "Hero and Leander".
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