Historically-black Fisk University, founded by Cravath’s father, plays a key role in the book. One of the leading law firms still bears his name. He was Westinghouse’s lawyer, Edison’s enemy, Tesla’s protector, then his traitor, Morgan’s co-conspirator, and Bell’s friend.Ĭravath also developed the business model for the modern law firm, with teams of associates competing in career paths towards partners. As Paul takes greater and greater risks, he’ll find that everyone in his path is playing their own game, and no one is quite who they seem.As delightful as it is to read about Edison, Westinghouse, Tesla, Morgan and Bell, we also follow the fascinating main character of the book, Paul Cravath. In obsessive pursuit of victory, Paul crosses paths with Nikola Tesla, an eccentric, brilliant inventor who may hold the key to defeating Edison, and with Agnes Huntington, a beautiful opera singer who proves to be a flawless performer on stage and off. Yet this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. How will he do it? Edison is a wily, dangerous opponent with vast resources at his disposal-private spies, newspapers in his pocket, and the backing of J.
The case affords Paul entry to the heady world of high society-the glittering parties in Gramercy Park mansions, and the more insidious dealings done behind closed doors.
Paul’s client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the light bulb and holds the right to power the country? A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history-and a vast fortune. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy.
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