I have no idea, from an objective standpoint, whether this book is good or not because I enjoyed reading it so much from a non-academic standpoint. Marlowe is such a strange, wonderful person in history: I mean, how many other people wrote banger plays, called Jesus a homosexual, and then was killed by a bunch of government agents? Not many! This book is an excellent source for factoids and speculation about Marlowe's life that I will use to annoy my friends constantly.