Up the Ladder of Gold
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Author | E. Phillips Oppenheim |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1931 |
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Up the Ladder of Gold is a 1931 thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim.[1][2][3] He dedicated the work to the comedy writer P.G. Wodehouse.[4] It represented the apex of Oppenheim's portrayal of the great man as a dynamic force.[5]
Synopsis[edit]
An American investor Warren Brand attempts to corner the world market in gold in order to try and force the Great Powers to end any future prospect of war.[6]
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