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Good As Gold
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 inherit...more
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2011
by McArthur & Company
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Edie was born into a life of privilege and luxury, but instead of embracing the glamor and riches, she spends her time fascinated with the Titanic. Working on her doctorates, she dives into the captain's log, historical articles, and other material that uncovers the moments before Titanic's famous end.
Edie, or Edith, comes from the famous Quentance family who runs an exclusive bank for the rich aristocrats of the world. While the family business is exclusive and secured, Ed...more
Edie was born into a life of privilege and luxury, but instead of embracing the glamor and riches, she spends her time fascinated with the Titanic. Working on her doctorates, she dives into the captain's log, historical articles, and other material that uncovers the moments before Titanic's famous end.
Edie, or Edith, comes from the famous Quentance family who runs an exclusive bank for the rich aristocrats of the world. While the family business is exclusive and secured, Ed...more
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 woul...more
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 woul...more
This is a light and fun read. I particularly enjoyed the story because it dealt with the sinking of the Titanic (the true story behind why the ship wasn't able to avoid the iceberg) and also modern-day money laundering and bank-fraud schemes, which are also super topical and loaded with intrigue. The Quentance family is sure a messed-up lot!
A bit confused - read like 2 books at times - the Quentance money story and the Titanic story. For all that, it was a good airport read. Just a thought though - seems an odd way to reveal a family secret - why not just have a press conference?
This is an excellent book. Brilliantly written!
I love the facts and fiction combined in this book. I would definitely recommend it!
I love the facts and fiction combined in this book. I would definitely recommend it!
We're reading and recommending Good as Gold, an exciting new novel involving crooked bankers and the sinking of the Titantic. Louise Patten is a direct descendant of an officer who survived the Titantic sinking, and who took information about why the ship really sank to his grave. After almost one hundred years of silence, Patten tells this family secret in Good as Gold.
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Louise Patten has worked in business since 1977, first in the banking world and then with strategy consultants Bain & Company. While still in her thirties, Louise broke through the corporate glass ceiling to become a main board director of her first FTSE 100 company. She has served on a number of multi-national Boards, not only as a Director, but also as one of the tiny handful of female chair...more
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