A fascinating historical journey from Charles Dickens' London to Tom Wolfe's New York.'' - Atlantic Monthly ''Chernow deftly mixes biography with economics and explicates arcane matters of high finance with sparkling clarity. With rich detail and warmth, he brings to life the defunct species of gentleman banker.'' - Chicago Tribune Chernow melds deep insights into the life and times of Morgan bankers over 150 years with the flow of world history and the growth of banking and finance. Chernow uses his gift for description to bring out vividly the personalities of his principals.'' - San Francisco Chronicle “ ''“An astonishingly detailed and fascinating story of the Morgan banks and the men who have run them. Nowhere has our tenuous financial system been better described than by Chernow.'' - Los Angeles Times Book Review ''“As informative and entertaining a history, especially of the period from 1880 to 1930, as this reviewer has ever read. It is, quite simply, a tour de force.'' - New York Times Book Review ''As a portrait of finance, politics and the world of avarice and ambition on Wall Street, the book has the movement and tension of an epic novel.
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