Golden Girl
Chapter One
April 1818
William Patterson was amazed when he received a request from the
Earl of Linford to call at his house. Patterson knew that Lord
Linford headed the Treasury Board for the government, and all the
merchant could suppose was that the earl wanted his advice on some
matter pertaining to government finance.
For William Patterson was enormously rich. He had started life as
the son of a poor cottager in Lancashire and from those humble
beginnings he had amassed a fortune in the manufacture of cotton
cloth. His humble origins would always exclude him from a position
in government, but he was certainly one of the most formidable
financial powers in all of England.
He looked once more at the note that had been delivered to his
office in the city:
I would very much appreciate your calling upon me at 17 Gr ... read full excerpt from Golden Girl ebook
