Norman Russell

The Gold Masters (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sir Hamo Strange is one of the gold masters, an elite group of international financiers in Late Victorian England whose stock-in-trade is unimaginable quantities of fine gold. Strange is also a collector of ancient books, a passion shared with his hated rival, the private banker Lord Jocelyn Peto. Their rivalry leads first to theft and then murder, bring Detective Inspector Box and Sergeant Knollys to investigate. When an audacious bullion robbery occurs at Strange's vaults, Box's remit widens to include an underworld of fraudulent mediums and murderous thugs. Then, intervention from an unexpected quarter dramatically changes the course of his investigation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Robert Hale
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780709096771
• Artikelnr.: 38441089

Autorenporträt

Norman Russell was born in Lancashire but has lived most of his life in Liverpool. After graduating from Jesus College, Oxford, he served a term in the army and was later awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He now writes full-time. Among his previous novels published by Robert Hale are Depths of Destruction, The Dorset House Affair and The Calton Papers.