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]

Up the Ladder of Gold
First edition (UK)
AuthorE. Phillips Oppenheim
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherHodder and Stoughton
Little, Brown (US)
Publication date
1931
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Synopsis

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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

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  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

Bibliography

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  • 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.