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Gray, Charlotte, 1948-
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.
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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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