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Up the Ladder of Gold

1931 novel

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]

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Synopsis

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]

References

  1. [1]
    Reilly p.1135
  2. [2]
    Panek p.27
  3. [3]
    Herbert p.143-44
  4. [4]
    Panek p.29
  5. [5]
    Panek p.27-29
  6. [6]
    Magill p.1275

Bibliography

  • Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Magill, Frank Northen . Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 3. Salem Press, 1988.
  • Panek, LeRoy. The Special Branch: The British Spy Novel, 1890-1980. Popular Press, 1981.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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