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Den of Thieves (Novel)
Den of Thieves is a novel by Julia Golding, published in 2007 by Egmont UK Ltd. It is the third book of the Cat Royal Series and most of it is based in Paris, France although the main character, Cat, lives in London. the books are based in the late 1700's and this particular book is based in 1791. In keeping with the main character's (Cat Royal) background of being raised in a theatre, the book is set out in a play format with acts and scenes instead of chapters.

Characters

 * Cat Royal: A 13 or 14 year old girl who is an orphan raised in the theatre Royal by Mr Sheridan. She is named Cat because as her friends and her patron says, she always lands on her feet and has nine lives. The name 'Royal' is after the theatre in which she was brought up in.
 * Pedro Amakye (formally Hawkins): An African ex-slave freed by his master Mr Hawkins in the previous book, an extremely talented violinist and actor. one of Cats closest friends.
 * Syd Fletcher: Cats oldest friend and gang leader of the butchers boys. Syd is a boxer/butcher who may have other feelings for Cat other then friendship.
 * Mr Richard Sheridan: Cats patron, owner of the Theatre Royal.
 * Lord Francis (Frank): One of Cats more recent friends, heir to a dukedom and member of Syds gang.
 * Lady Elizabeth (Lizzie): Franks beautiful sister, in love with a lord who was exiled to America.
 * Billy Shepherd: A thug and rival gang leader to Syd, has an unhealthy obbsession with Cat.
 * Jean-François (J-F)Thiland: King of Thieves at the Palais Royal.
 * M.Ibrahim: Bishop of the Notre Dame Thieves.
 * Maria-Auguste Vestris: Principal dancer at the Paris Opera, much respected by the people of Paris.

Plot
We begin on Cat being called into Mr Sheridans office and being told he is going to knock down the theatre and rebuild it, which would take two years and so Cat will have to start making her own way in the world. She sleeps on the streets for two nights and then is hired by a bookseller as his maid, it turns out he was making money of her hobby of writing and keeping the profits for himself, so as a way to apoligize for getting her into that mess, Mr Sheridan sends her to Paris to find out what is happening with the revolution, promising her a guinea for every informative letter she sent back. Prior to this however, Billy Shepherd asked a favour of Cat because she owed him one (see Cat among the Pigeons), he asks her to either steal one of the Crown Jewels or stay with him forever so she is faced with this dillema throughout the book. A series of events occur in Paris involving almost being hung, being robbed, performing at the Paris Opera alongside Paris's most respected man, being held hostage and saving friends from prison.

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