Jacob's Ladder (Oppenheim novel) explained

Jacob's Ladder
Author:	E. Phillips Oppenheim
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Thriller
Publisher:	Hodder and Stoughton (UK) Little, Brown (US)
Release Date:	1921
Media Type:	Print

Jacob's Ladder is a 1921 thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Oppenheim was prolific, bestselling author whose popularity reached its height during the interwar years.^[1] ^[2] The novel was published in America by Little, Brown.^[3]

Synopsis

A maligned and bankrupt man rises to become a millionaire, only to face various attempts to swindle him.

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