This is a mystery adventure story full of drama, death, intrigue and scandal, with colourful characters and an authentic historical setting. When boy actor Ben Button's fellow players are accused of stealing the priceless Lodovico plate, he sets out to save them from the shadow of the hangman's noose. Who really stole the plate, what secret does it hide and how can Ben reveal the truth? This thrilling romp across the Elizabethan English countryside, populated by bejewelled nobility, ragged beggars, thundering horsemen and secret spies, has a charm that's impossible to resist.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Elizabethan Mysteries .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2007 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

John Pilkington acted and directed in a theatre company touring schools, before beginning his professional writing career with radio plays in the 1980s. He has since written plays for the theatre and television scripts for the BBC and a series of adult historical crime novels. Revenge! is his third children's book. Author location: Devon