Allan Montague, a Southern lawyer making his way in New York society, is drawn into the lives of the very rich: their endless changes of dress, their gossip about the beautiful Lucy Dupree, and the ruthless financiers behind them. When a great banker sets out to crush a rival, Montague sees how a panic on Wall Street can be manufactured, in a story modelled on 1907.
A muckraking sequel to The Metropolis by the author of The Jungle, for readers interested in money and power. Download the free EPUB.