Up the Ladder of Gold

Up the Ladder of Gold

First edition (UK)
Author	E. Phillips Oppenheim
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Hodder and Stoughton Little, Brown (US)
Publication date	1931
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

Up the Ladder of Gold is a 1931 thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. He dedicated the work to the comedy writer P.G. Wodehouse. It represented the apex of Oppenheim's portrayal of the great man as a dynamic force.

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.

References

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.

External links

• Up the Ladder of Gold at Faded Page (Canada)

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