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Boy-actor Ben Button is eager to escape the chaos of London for a quiet visit to his family in Hornsey. However, the village is troubled by recent robberies, and Ben's granny appears to be hiding something unusual.

"Ben Button and his company of actors have been invited to perform in front of the Queen, but when costumes disappear and a suspicious fire nearly destroys the theatre, Ben suspects that a hidden enemy is out to ruin their royal performance. Ben must team up with rival apprentice Matt to discover who's behind these dirty tricks. Is there really a traitor in their midst?"--Cover.

Ben Burton is an apprentice with a famous company of actors. Their first stop is Bowford Manor and one of them is accused of stealing a valuable gold plate. Ben teams up with Lady Sarah, and they discover that dangerous secrets surround the mysterious plate. (From back cover).

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Ben Button captures a beggar-boy suspected of theft, only to find out it's actually a girl named Jane. She is a runaway, left homeless after her family was evicted by a nobleman. This nobleman is set to marry in London, where Ben and his acting troupe will perform.

1605. With the new King James on the throne, England is still fiercely divided between Catholic and Protestant. Ordered to keep watch on well-known Papist Thomas Percy, cousin of the Earl of Northumberland, Marbeck's assignment takes on a greater urgency when rumours reach him of a terrible danger aimed at the King. But with no idea where this threat comes from, and his spymaster's refusal to take it seriously, Marbeck is at a loss. And his efforts to concentrate on affairs of state are complicated by affairs of the heart in the.

Marbeck is charged by King James with the task of keeping the peace with England's new ally Spain. Yet there are those who profit from the war, but even Marbeck hasn't foreseen that the task will pit him against double agents and corrupt noblemen who will stop at nothing to wreck the treaty, forcing him to face his biggest challenge yet...

The year is 1600; a new century dawns, full of omens and portents. War with Spain has dragged on for 15 years, the conflict in Ireland for six. Unease stalks England in the dying years of Elizabeth I's reign. Marbeck is bored after a recent botched assignment. Then a message from his spymaster arrives