Christopher Marlowe was killed by being stabbed through the eye and then buried in an unmarked grave in Deptford, England--so the history books tell us. The account of Marlowe's death reads like a coverup. Only this coverup was not sinister or used for political gain. It was necessary to protect the queen and London's favorite playwright from experiencing death by the infamous talents of Richard Topcliffe, Her Majesty's rackmaster. There were those...