Using Roges' Gold as a class novel provides opportunities for studying Elizabethan England, theatre and mystery stories. Download our reading guide written by Bridget Carrington.
Rogues' Gold teachers' notes
Synopsis: 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.