- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Quercus (30 Sep 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1849162468
- ISBN-13: 978-1849162463
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 804,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Edie Quentance is the ugly duckling in a family of charming conformists. For generations, Quentance Bank has managed the wealth of its rich and aristocratic clients, and when Edie is pushed into joining the family bank, she finds the work very dull indeed. She passes the time trying to uncover the truth about her great-grandfather Kit, whose love of the sea she has inherited. Kit Quentance was rumoured to have carried a fortune into the Titanic lifeboat with him - money that has never been found. Edie's excavations in the family archive unearth some shocking and far more recent secrets. She realises that Quentance Bank is not the paragon of old fashioned probity it pretends to be. As she tries to right her family's wrong-doings, Edie's position becomes increasingly dangerous. Her twin brother, her parents, her uncle - she no longer knows whom she can trust.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book. It is well read,easy to read and so very exciting.I became very fond of the central character and was able to empathise with her throughout the dramatic book.There is a tantalizing story about the Titanic which is finally resolved right at the end of the book. The story of the Titanic is mirrored in terms of the moral questions raised in the current story where wicked bankers are featured -often in boats- which draws a nice parallel with the story of the Titanic.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book a very interesting read "fictionally" and "non- fictionally" speaking.
Many historians are skeptical of Lightoller's "hearsay" family history evidence hidden from the public view for a century. I really am perplexed why would Lighttoller keep this evidence secret if there was not some credence to the story. We will never know the absolute truth as too many lies and misleading information are stored in the "mist of time" regarding the Titanic.
I did read the book with an open mind and I do believe even very competent individuals can make serious errors when placed in a situation where emergency split second actions are to be made. It is definitely possible that Hitchens turned the wheel the wrong way, it may very well have happened that way, who is really to know?
A recommended book to read for people who are interested in looking "outside the square" on what happened on April 14th/15th on Board Titanic
Many historians are skeptical of Lightoller's "hearsay" family history evidence hidden from the public view for a century. I really am perplexed why would Lighttoller keep this evidence secret if there was not some credence to the story. We will never know the absolute truth as too many lies and misleading information are stored in the "mist of time" regarding the Titanic.
I did read the book with an open mind and I do believe even very competent individuals can make serious errors when placed in a situation where emergency split second actions are to be made. It is definitely possible that Hitchens turned the wheel the wrong way, it may very well have happened that way, who is really to know?
A recommended book to read for people who are interested in looking "outside the square" on what happened on April 14th/15th on Board Titanic
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The great-granddaughter of a Titanic survivor, Edie is writing a thesis on the truth behind the fateful events of 15th April 1912. Heir to a banking fortune, she isn't interested in the family business and shuns her father's posh friends. Kit was accused of stealing gold from the sinking ship, could that be the secret to her family's success?
The Titanic connection is a bit thin and Good as Gold is much more about corrupt bankers than anything else. From the start, I felt that the characters would be more suited to 1912 than 2008, with their snobbish attitudes and feudal systems. There is an afterword about Louise Patten's findings of the Titanic disaster which is probably more useful if that's what you're looking for.
It was a book I almost put down. Bankers aren't exactly the most popular people at the moment and I was starting to think it was all about rich people and their obsession with boats. Edie may reject their ways but she still begs her family for the money to allow her to study. Yet it is easy reading and it suddenly gets gripping in the second half.
Half the problem is, it doesn't really know what it wants to be. Is a it a Bagshawesque commentry on the rich and their relationships? Is it a conspiracy thriller? Is it a genuine attempt to shed some light on the disaster? Or is it even crime? Just too many elements and not all of it interesting to me. The relationships developed all too quickly which made everyone seem a bit detached.
The Titanic connection is a bit thin and Good as Gold is much more about corrupt bankers than anything else. From the start, I felt that the characters would be more suited to 1912 than 2008, with their snobbish attitudes and feudal systems. There is an afterword about Louise Patten's findings of the Titanic disaster which is probably more useful if that's what you're looking for.
It was a book I almost put down. Bankers aren't exactly the most popular people at the moment and I was starting to think it was all about rich people and their obsession with boats. Edie may reject their ways but she still begs her family for the money to allow her to study. Yet it is easy reading and it suddenly gets gripping in the second half.
Half the problem is, it doesn't really know what it wants to be. Is a it a Bagshawesque commentry on the rich and their relationships? Is it a conspiracy thriller? Is it a genuine attempt to shed some light on the disaster? Or is it even crime? Just too many elements and not all of it interesting to me. The relationships developed all too quickly which made everyone seem a bit detached.
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