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Gray, Charlotte, 1948-
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Oakes, Harry, Sir, 1874-1943.
Gold industry -- Canada -- Biography.
Millionaires -- Maine -- Biography.
Murder -- Bahamas.
Rich people -- United States -- Biography.
Rich people -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Biography.
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Gray, Charlotte, 1948-
Oakes, Harry, Sir, 1874-1943.
Gold industry -- Canada -- Biography.
Millionaires -- Maine -- Biography.
Murder -- Bahamas.
Rich people -- United States -- Biography.
Rich people -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Biography.
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Murdered Midas : a millionaire, his gold mine, and a strange death on an island paradise / Charlotte Gray.
by
Gray, Charlotte, 1948-
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2019.
Call #:
941.084092 G778m
Subjects
Oakes
,
Harry
,
Sir
,
1874-1943
.
Gold industry -- Canada -- Biography.
Millionaires -- Maine -- Biography.
Murder -- Bahamas.
Rich people -- United States -- Biography.
Rich people -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781443449342 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Mllionaire, his gold mine, and a strange death on an island paradise
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxvii, 319 ages : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
'A gold mine. A millionaire. An island paradise. An unsolved murder. A missing fortune. The story of the infamous
Sir
Harry
Oakes
as only Charlotte Gray can tell it. On an island paradise in 1943,
Sir
Harry
Oakes
, gold mining tycoon, philanthropist and "richest man in the Empire," was murdered. The murder became celebrated as "the crime of the century." Despite a sensational trial, no murderer was ever convicted. Rumours were unrelenting about
Oakes
' missing fortune, and fascination with the
Oakes
story has persisted for decades. Charlotte Gray explores, for the first time, the life of the man behind the scandal.'
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