The House of Morgan
- Author Ron Chernow
- Narrator Robertson Dean
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 January 2014
- Run Time 34 hours and 37 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Banking, Biography: business and industry, Biography: general, Business and Management, History of specific companies / corporate history.
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Winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal as “brilliantly researched and written,” the book tells the rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned. It is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world.
A gripping history of banking and the booms and busts that shaped the world on both sides of the Atlantic, The House of Morgan traces the trajectory of the J. P. Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987. Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the private saga of the Morgans and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved. Based on extensive interviews and access to the family and business archives, The House of Morgan is an investigative masterpiece, a compelling account of a remarkable institution and the men who ran it, and an essential book for understanding the money and power behind the major historical events of the last 150 years.
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u201cAs a portrait of finance, politics, and thenworld of avarice and ambition on Wall Street, the book has the movement andntension of an epic novel. It is, quite simply, a tour de force.u201d
u201cAs informative and entertaining a history,nespecially of the period from 1880 to 1930, as this reviewer has ever readu2026Nowherenhas our tenuous financial system been better described than by Chernow.u201d
u201cTo a potentially dry and certainly difficult subjectu2014the influence of high finance on modern lifeu2014Chernow brings a lively style and the endurance of a trouper.u201d
u201cA panoramic and well-researched look at the most powerful family of banks in America over the last centuryu2026Chernow has a supple, refined style.u201d
nu201cChernow deftly mixes biography with economicsnand explicates arcane matters of high finance with sparkling clarityu2026Anfascinating historical journey from Charles Dickensu2019 London to Tom Wolfeu2019s NewnYork.u201d
u201cEpicu2026Chernow melds deep insights into the lifenand times of Morgan bankers over 150 years with the flow of world history andnthe growth of banking and finance. With rich detail and warmth, he brings tonlife the defunct species of gentleman banker.u201d
u201cAn astonishingly detailed and fascinating storynof the Morgan banks and the men who have run them. Chernow uses his gift forndescription to bring out vividly the personalities of his principals.u201d
u201cChernow vividly portrays the influence that thenMorgan banks have had on the history of the Western economy since the lateneighteenth centuryu2026Superb history.u201d
u201cA brilliant, generation-spanning history of the Morgan banking empire, nwhich offers a wealth of social and political as well as economic nperspectives.u201d
u201cPacked with revelations, Chernowu2019s mammothnhistory demystifies the inner workings of the secretive Morgan banking empire.u201d
u201cRobertson Deanu2019s capable reading and eminentlynlistenable voiceu2026[keep] the story moving forwardu2026This audiobook lays thengroundwork for an understanding of modern finance.u201d
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