The rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the firms they spawned, this 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 book traces the trajectory of the J. P. Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987. Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the Morgans' private saga and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved. Based on extensive interviews and access to various archives, The House of Morgan is an investigative masterpiece.
