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1	The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist Acclaimed writer Nicholl presents a brilliantly drawn detective story with entirely new insights into Shakespeares life, in this atmospheric and exciting book. 16-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist A nonfiction account of the death of Christopher Marlowe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Leonardo Da Vinci: Flights of the Mind: A Biography more books like this by Charles Nicholl, Viking Books (Creator) add to wishlist In this new, intimate biography, award-winning author Nicholl creates a portrait of the artist for our time--a biography that brings Leonardo to life as a complex man living in a fascinating, dangerous, quickly changing world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Creature in the Map: A Journey to El Dorado more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist A reconstruction of Sir Walter Raleigh's 1595 South American journey, this book combines scholarship with travelogue, and offers an understanding of the meanings of the El Dorado myth. It seeks to analyze and bring to life the experience of Raleigh's voyage to the Orinoco Delta, in what is now Venezuela. Nicholls' reconstruction of the journey ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Fruit Palace more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist Charles Nicholl is on a quest for 'The Great Cocaine Story'. The time is the early eighties and the place - Colombia. The Fruit Palace, a dismal whitewashed cafe that legally dispenses tropical fruit juices, has another purpose as the meeting place for a variety of black market activities and the place where Nicholl unwittingly begins his quest. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.53! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Leonardo Da Vinci: Flights of the Mind more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist In this widely acclaimed biography, Charles Nicholl uncovers the man behind the myth of the "Renaissance master," tracing the journey from an illegitimate child in Tuscany to his service with some of the most powerful families of Renaissance Europe. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street more books like this by Charles Nicholl, Gareth Armstrong (Read by) add to wishlist In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster -- providing us with the only surviving record of his spoken words. The case seems routine -- a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry -- but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical ... see all copies from $3.76! new only from $15.50!
8	The Creature in the Map more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist Part historical reconstruction, part travel story, part study in the psychology of obsession, this is a book about searchers, a journey into a state of mind as much a place. Nicholl's actual journey was a trip up the rivers of Venezuela, following the route of Sir Walter Raleigh on his famous search for El Dorado. The author gives an insight into ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions
9	Borderlines more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.79! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa 1880-91 more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist At the age of 25, Arthur Rimbaud, the infamous author of "A Season in Hell", turned his back on poetry, France, and fame, for a life of wandering in East Africa. This biography pieces together Rimbaud's life as a trader, explorer and gunrunner in Africa. see all copies from $8.95! new only from $11.26! \| SVS
11	Borderlines: A Journey in Thailand and Burma more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.91! \| first editions
12	Journeys more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist Unique combination of subject and author, Charles Nicholl makes his own idiosyncratic selection of travel writing through the ages. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
13	The Chemical Theatre more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist see all copies from $28.00! new only from $95.39! \| first editions
14	Somebody Else more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist This is a biographical study of Arthur Rimbaud's "lost years", the years after he turned his back on poetry, fame and France, for a life of wandering and obscurity in the wilds of East Africa. Charles Nicholl pieces together the story of Rimbaud's life as a trader, explorer and gun-runner in Africa. We follow his trail across the Somali desert, ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
15	Reckoning more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist This is a story of the Elizabethan underworld. It is a full-length investigation of the killing, tracing Marlowe's shadowy political dealings, his involvement in covert intelligence work, the charges of heresy and homosexuality against him. Critical new evidence is uncovered about his three companions on that last day in Deptford. Through Charles ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
16 view cover	Screaming in the Castle: Selected Shorter Pieces more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
17 view cover	Elizabethan Writers more books like this by Charles Nichell, Charles Nicholl add to wishlist Part of the "Character Sketches" series, this title looks at Elizabethan writers. The series features compact guides devoted to literary, artistic and historic personalities, circles and themes. They contain portraits in a variety of media, all selected from the National Portrait Gallery's diverse collection. The illustrations are accompanied by ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $4.34!
18 view cover	Shakespeare and His Contempories by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist William Shakespeare and his contemporaries helped create not only a new kind of theatre but also a new form of language. In an age of religious and political warfare, they found expression for what it means to be human. Yet although Shakespeare's life is well researched, the lives of his friends are less well known. This new book argues that far ... see all copies from $13.87! new only from $13.87! \| first editions
19 view cover	Leonardo Da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Renaissance artists, but extraordinarily, considering his enormous reputation, this is the first full-length biography in English for several decades. Prize-winning author Charles Nicholl has immersed himself in manuscripts, paintings and artefacts to produce an intimate ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $3.69! \| first editions
20	A Cup of News: The Life of Thomas Nashe more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist see all copies from $72.00! first editions
21	La Ruta de La Coca more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist see all copies from $15.95!
22 view cover	The Human Touch: A Tale of the Great Southwest (1905) by Edith M Nicholl, Charles Copeland (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! new only from $26.04! \| SVS
23 view cover	Leonardo. El Vuelo de La Mente more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist This biography traces the endlessly curious individual behind the legendary Renaissance genius and universal man. It traces Leonardo's remarkable journey from his obscure beginnings as an illegitimate child to his final days. Nicholl's discoveries penetrate Leonardo's personality, homosexuality and the extraordinary "flights" of his mind. He also ... see all copies from $18.32! new only from $50.90!
24	Borderlines more books like this by Charles Nicholl add to wishlist see all copies from $5.55! SVS
25 view cover	Leonardo Da Vinci: Flights of the Mind: A Biography more books like this by Charles Nicholl, Viking Books (Manufactured by) add to wishlist In this new, intimate biography, award-winning author Nicholl creates a portrait of the artist for our time--a biography that brings Leonardo to life as a complex man living in a fascinating, dangerous, quickly changing world. see all copies from $25.97! new only from $25.97!

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