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Harry Bingham's Money Makers is a fast-paced business thriller about chicanery and family rivalries; it is also a serious consideration of the ways in which money is made and lost in today's economy. Self-made millionaire Gridley dies, leaving a will that disinherits his wife and daughter and leaves everything to whichever of his three sons has made a million by a three-year deadline. Philosopher Zack becomes a merchant banker with an expertise in international tax avoidance; young Mathew becomes a ruthless trader and increasingly a crook; playboy George lays aside the high life to rescue a dying Yorkshire furniture firm. Along the way, all of them find, and take risks with, true love, and each of them learns hard lessons about what is truly important to them. And their sister Josephine nurses their sick mother and fumes at the way she has been treated... This is an intelligent best-seller, which keeps you turning the pages. Bingham is perceptive about character and the way people change under stress--and for once this is a financial thriller which pays due weight to people who actually make things. --Roz Kaveney
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Three sons, one massive fortune. The race to be the first to make GBP1,000,000 to win the inheritence is on! Harry Bingham is a wonderful new talent in the great bestselling storytelling tradition of Jeffrey Archer and Dick Francis. Three sons. One fortune. Who will win it? A wealthy Yorkshire industrialist dies and leaves his three sons and one daughter, all used to a life of extreme luxury! absolutely nothing. Except the chance to win the entire inheritance by whichever one of them has one million pounds in his bank account at the end of three years. Startled out of their indulgent lives, the three sons start competing against each other in their mad attempt to make a million pounds. Two of them go into the City, the eldest buys a run-down factory. Which one of them is going to be successful in their desperate bid and win the millions? With a knack for story-telling in the style of Jeffrey Archer, this compulsively readable and absolutely un-put-downable novel heralds the arrival of a new bestselling, extremely commercial talent on the scene.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a long book but thoroughly absorbing throughout written with real knowledge of the financial world based on Harry Bingham's previous employment. This background knowledge on it's own would not be sufficient and whilst the plot is fascinating it requires the skill of a real story teller to bring it alive and retain the reader's attention. One was kept guessing throughout and there was not a dull page throughout. The intertwining threads based on the efforts of each of the threee brothers to make a million and the subsidiary struggle of the sister coping with her ailing mother with little support are cleverly contrived. The focus passes from one to another in the style of Geoffrey Archer and one is kept gussing until the very end which comes as a big surprise. I can't wait for his next book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a family saga constructed around a sound plot. The writing is unexceptional, but the book has good pace and a satisfying close.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Thoroughly enjoyed this book which I finished on the way to work this morning. I have half read so many books which I end up just dumping as I don't really "care" about the characters but this really was a gripping story and has a good ending with a good twist.
Thoroughly recommended and I shall explore Mr Bingham's later books with interest
Thoroughly recommended and I shall explore Mr Bingham's later books with interest
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An demonically addictive and inspiring read
From the moment I picked this book up I knew it was going to be hooked. A twisting rollercoaster of a plot following the lives of three brothers and their challenge to make a... Read more
Published on 1 April 2009 by Eric Draven
Fantastic Read!
I found this book at on a bookshelf at work and although I was not excited by the cover I decided to take it on holiday with me. I'm so glad I did. Read more
Published on 22 July 2008 by Ms. A. Archer
Read, read again and read yet again
I bought this book when it first came out and it was the first book by the author. I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2004 by Mr. Daniel W. Weinberg
Fantastic read with a great twist
A great story about familys, greed and business.
Published on 27 Nov 2001 by barry.grainger@hoovercandy.com
Excellent, thrilling, keeps you glued until the end !!
This book was an excellent and unputdownable read. It gets you hooked right from the word go. The train journey to work seemed to pass very quickly reading this book. Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2000
The new Jeffrey Archer?
The simple, but fascinating, concept for this novel was too good to resist. Having just read the book I wasn't in the least bit disappointed. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2000 by paul@halstead91.freeserve.co.uk
A real "can't put down" type of book.
I found myself not wanting to put this book down.It is full twists and turns,and get's you under the skin of all the main characters.Well and trully worth the read.
Published on 10 May 2000 by steven.huish@nationwideisp.net
Excellent!
Read this book whilst visiting family in Australia which was not a good idea. Once I had picked the book up that was it, no conversation, and although I could not wait to finish... Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2000 by sandra_tiernan@rohmhaas.com
A delicious read!
What a terrific idea! Three brothers compete for their father's fortune, each trying to have the most at the end of three years. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2000
Excellent!
If Harry Bingham was as successful in his previous career as an investment banker as he will be as a novelist, he probably made his million in less than 3 years. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2000
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