This dramatic and influential play by Christopher Marlowe thrusts readers into the ambitious rise of a shepherd to a powerful warlord in the 14th century. This two-part play is renowned for its poetic grandeur and the depiction of its ruthless yet charismatic protagonist, Tamburlaine. Marlowe, a contemporary of Shakespeare, revolutionized Elizabethan drama with his use of blank verse and complex characters. Set against the vast backdrop of the...