![]() ![]() Yet this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. 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 lightbulb and holds the right to power the country? The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history - and a vast fortune.Ī young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. ![]() Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. ![]() From Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and New York Times best-selling author of The Sherlockian, comes a thrilling novel - based on actual events - about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America. ![]()
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