![]() ![]() He is more successful at courting Anne Summerton, an American model. All four are to come up with plans, and three quickly do. Stephen discovers the fraud, that there is no legal recourse, and organizes the four to steal the money back, using Harvey's interests and weaknesses. ![]() But Harvey (indirectly) sells out at the top of the market, the stock crashes, and the four are left with major losses. Metcalfe's agents hire David Kesler, a Harvard MBA who talks up the company to the four protagonists, and they buy stock. Taking advantage of a British decision to allow companies to claim North Sea drilling rights with little money down, Metcalfe creates Prospecta Oil, a paper company designed to look good and bring in investors to be left when the bottom drops out. ![]() Metcalfe, a Polish immigrant to the United States, rises from messenger boy to corporate magnate, combining business skills with little loyalty and much ruthlessness. Bradley learns of Metcalfe's responsibility, and organizes the other three to get their money back. Each has bought stock and suffered when it failed. But by selling inflated oil stock, he has cheated the wrong men - Stephen Bradley, an American professor at the University of Oxford, Dr Robin Oakley, a Harley Street doctor, Jean-Pierre Lamanns, a French art dealer with a gallery in London, and James Brigsley, heir to an earldom. Harvey Metcalfe, over 40 years, has mastered the shady deal in advancing from messenger boy to mogul. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer ![]()
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