Up the Ladder of Gold explained

Up the Ladder of Gold
Author:	E. Phillips Oppenheim
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Thriller
Publisher:	Hodder and Stoughton Little, Brown (US)
Release Date:	1931
Media Type:	Print

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

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]

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.

Notes and References

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