The Money Makers [Paperback]

Harry Bingham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2000

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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About the Author

Harry Bingham is an ex-City trader who has now turned to writing full-time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 658 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0006513549
• ISBN-13: 978-0006513544
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,687,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Read!, February 15, 2005

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John Forman "Author -The Essentials of Trading" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Money Makers (Paperback)

I picked this book up in a London bookshop when I finished the one I'd brought with me. It was one of the best selections I ever made. Bingham weaves a heck of a tale. There are all the elements one needs for a great suspense novel. The characters are complex and the ending a surprise. As an added bonus, if you have any interest at all in business and/or the financial industry you will get solid explorations of elements surrounding both areas.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest winner takes all book ever written, April 28, 2003

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Money Makers (Paperback)

This is honestly one of the best books I have ever read. The plot is sensational, basically a rich tycoon dies and to inherit his vast fortune his three sons who have basically just been spoilt rich kids and never worked a day in their lives must earn at least one million pounds from nothing in three years. Only one of them can inherit the money, winner takes all. Meanwhile their sister who has been left a place on a secretarial course from her father's will must look after their mother who has become a vegetable through shock of the will's contents so all the moral questions of diverting funds they have made to help their struggling sister are tackled along with morals in making money.

Each brother is completely different personality wise and you actually learn a fair bit about running businesses, share trading and everything else along the way. You get addicted to these characters and will not be able to put this book down. It is a riveting read. I honestly hadn't heard of Harry Bingham as an author before this but he's up there with James Patterson, Dean Koontz and other masters of thrillers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Karma Is VERY Real!, November 7, 2007

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Robert L. Bonner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Money Makers (Hardcover)

Read the book, you'll understand my review title!

This book by Harry Bingham is amazing! I just finished reading it, at 650 pages. And I can honestly say that time with this book really flew by. Bingham keeps the chapters short and intense, so you never feel like the story is dragging on. And each of the three sons takes a very different approach to making money during the race. You end up seeing how a business owner, stock trader, and investment banker must struggle to succeed, all while being totally immersed in their economic worlds. That anyone could read and understand this story, with its many moving parts, and its financial angles, is a testament to a Bingham's first-rate writing ability. This story ranks up there with Jeffrey Archer's "Kane & Abel" and Taylor Caldwell's "Captains and the Kings" for a keen look into the "rags-to-riches" genre and the surprising moral evolution of really engrossing characters. Any reader with depth, a refined sense of story and plot, and an interest in the business world should read this book!