The book is studded with new information about many historical figures, including Henry Ford, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Louis Brandeis, Nancy Astor, and Charles Lindbergh.īased on extensive interviews and newly opened family and business archives, the book is an investigative tour de force, documenting Morgan intrigue with Mussolini, Japanese militarists, Mexican dictators, and Nazi finance ministers. Steel, AT&T, General Motors, Exxon), as well as dozens of startling disclosures about the bank’s dealings with the U.S. There are revelations about many famous families (Du Ponts, Astors, Vanderbilts) and companies (U.S. Also prominent are the Morgan partners of the interwar period-Tom Lamont, Dwight Morrow, and Russell Leffingwell-who hobnobbed with presidents and epitomized period glamour with their North Shore mansions and transatlantic cruises. Morgan, Jr., who financed the Allies in World War I and waged a marathon feud with Franklin Roosevelt. Pierpont Morgan, with his colossal art collection, numerous mistresses, and cruiser-sized yacht, and tells of his son, J. Yet this fascinating chronicle is far more than just financial history. Covering over 150 years in the banking and financial community, every boom and panic on Wall Street and in London’s City, The House of Morgan is a compelling and incisive account of the rise of the modern financial world. (Morgan Guaranty), Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Grenfell. It is a rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned-J. Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London up to the crash of 1987. Like the best-sellers Ford and The Rockefellers, the book has the sweep of an epic novel as it traces the rise of the J. The House of Morgan may be the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty.
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