Elizabethan English

In the gritty streets of Elizabethan London, a lady of the evening, Dorothy Tearsheet harbors an incredible secret – her tears possess the power to heal. When a mischievous fairy curses the city with an uncontrollable laughter plague, Doll must assemble a motley crew to save her friend and break the spell. Aided by a drunken knight, a sharp-tongued playwright, and an eccentric apothecary, their quest leads them to the one man who can rewrite reality itself – William Shakespeare. Armed with the Bard's magic quill, Doll must weave a tale of courage, friendship, and unlikely heroism to ...

The Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. At the height of its notoriety, it was the bloodiest region in Great Britain, fought over by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James V. After the Union of the Crowns, most of its population was slaughtered or deported, and it became the last part of the country to be brought under the control of the state. Today, its history has been forgotten or ignored.

In Elizabethan England, the Queen’s chief spymaster, Francis Walsingham, and his team of agents must maintain the highest levels of vigilance to ward off Catholic plots and the ever-present threat of invasion. One agent in particular - a young Cambridge undergraduate of humble origins, controversial beliefs and literary genius who goes by the name of Kit Marlowe - is relentless in his pursuit of intelligence for the Crown. When he is killed outside an inn in Deptford, his mysterious death becomes the subject of rumours and suspicion that are never satisfactorily resolved.