{"product_id":"9781443449359","title":"Murdered Midas : A Millionaire, His Gold Mine, and a Strange Death on an Island Paradise","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMurdered Midas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Charlotte Gray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Top 100 Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this “engrossing must-read” by “Canada’s most accomplished popular historian” (\u003cem\u003eEllery Queen Mystery Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e), the glittering life and brutal murder of Sir Harry Oakes is newly investigated. \u003cem\u003eMurdered Midas\u003c\/em\u003e is “superior true-crime writing” (\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn an island paradise in 1943, Sir Harry Oakes, gold-mining tycoon, philanthropist and one of the richest men in the British Empire, is murdered. The news of his death surges across the English-speaking world, from London, the Imperial centre, to the remote Canadian mining town of Kirkland Lake in the Northern Ontario bush. The murder becomes celebrated as the crime of the century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe layers of mystery deepen as the involvement of Count Alfred de Marigny, Oakes’s son-in-law, comes into question. Also suspicious are the odd machinations of the governor of the Bahamas, the former King Edward VIII. But despite a sensational trial, no murderer is convicted. Rumours about Oakes’s missing fortune are unrelenting, and fascination with the story has persisted for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning biographer and popular historian Charlotte Gray explores the life of the man behind the scandal—from his early, hardscrabble days during the massive mineral rush in Northern Ontario, to the fabulous fortune he reaped from his own gold mine, to his grandiose gestures of philanthropy. And Gray brings fresh eyes to the bungled investigation and shocking trial on the remote colonial island, proposing an overlooked suspect in this long cold case. \u003cem\u003eMurdered Midas\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of the man behind the newspaper headlines, a man both admired and reviled who, despite great wealth and public standing, never experienced justice.\u003c\/p\u003e         \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR THE ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD FOR NONFICTION\u003cbr\u003e\"Gray brings fresh eyes, deep research and her trademark page-turning, plot- and character-driven style to this fascinating history of a scandal that rocked the postwar world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"You’ll likely feel guilty for enjoying this true-crime account about an unsolved murder, but when a story is told with fulsome information and explained well, it’s hard not to smile. When it’s written by historian and biographer Charlotte Gray, you’ll smile more.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"An entertaining and satisfying read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Gray is Canada’s most accomplished popular historian. . . .Her deeply researched, brilliantly told account, with its motley cast of characters and exotic locale, is an engrossing must-read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A great story, well told by Charlotte [Gray]. She has an easy conversational style which makes reading her work a great pleasure. This is an engrossing and very readable book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthur Ellis Award for Non-fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781443449359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41125910151374,"sku":"9781443449359","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9781443449359.jpg?v=1650256406","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781443449359","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}