The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

A saga of the Anglo-American banking dynasty that superseded the Barings and the Rothschilds to become the dominant financial empire of the 20th century. It covers 150 years, tracing the Morgan empire from Dickensian beginnings in Victorian London to the summit of world finance. An account of an institution and the men who ran it, this book is a look at the real power – the money – behind the historical events, the eminent statesmen and the industrial empires that have transformed the world in the last century and a half.