A World of Gold
Author Adam Guillain
Historical
It is 1836. London is building an underground railway. The Bank of England has half of the world’s gold in its vaults. Criminals who trespass inside the Bank are executed. How is all this connected to a rich girl called Clem and an ordinary teenage boy called Tom?
Chapters
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Chapter 1 One Gold Coin
It is 1836. Tom Walsh, a poor teenager, sells bread on the streets. But after his father calls him to help work on the new London Underground railway, Tom’s life will never be the same again...
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Chapter 2 Troubles
Desperate to rescue Fog, Tom enters the air shaft where he makes a surprise discovery. Meanwhile, Clementine arrives at the Bank of England and starts to learn its secrets...
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Chapter 3 Clementine’s House
Tom has found an unknown route into the vaults of the Bank of England. Now he has to tell Clementine about his discovery, but he can only enter her house in secret...
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Chapter 4 A Meeting at Midnight
Tom and Clementine have made a plan to enter the vaults of the Bank of England, but Tom is now trapped in Clementine’s house, and Rainbow has disappeared...
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Chapter 5 The Verdict
Tom and Clementine expected to meet Sir James in the bank. But in the darkness of the vault, they encounter a troop of soldiers who think they are thieves! And the penalty for stealing is death ...
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