‘For anyone interested in the world behind the business page headlines, this is the book to read.’ Publishers WeeklyWith the same breadth of vision and narrative lan he brought to his monumental biographies of the great financiers, Ron Chernow examines the forces that made dynasties like the Morgans, the Warburgs, and the Rothschilds the financial arbiters of the early twentieth century and then rendered them virtually obsolete by the century’s end. 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.

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. Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987. 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. It is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world. 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. Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987.The 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. The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Jacket design by Keith Sheridan Associates. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free ednpaper, “Ron Chernow 3/16/90.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990.įirst edition of the historian’s National Book Award-winning work. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance.

The House of Morgan by Ron Chernow