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Murdered Midas : a millionaire, his gold mine, and a strange death on an island paradise /

On an island paradise in 1943, Sir Harry Oakes, gold mining tycoon, philanthropist and "richest man in the Empire," was murdered. The news of his death surged across the English-speaking world, from London, the Imperial centre, to the remote Canadian mining town of Kirkland Lake, in the No...

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Main Author:	Gray, Charlotte, 1948- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada : HarperCollins, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Oakes, Harry, > Sir, > 1874-1943. Murder > Bahamas. Gold miners > Canada > Biography. Gold mines and mining > Ontario. Gold miners. Gold mines and mining. Murder. Ontario. Bahamas. Canada. Biographies.

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