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The Last Days Of Night
Paperback Edition: 1
From the winner of the Oscar for the Best Screenplay for The Imitation Game in 2015 comes a superb historical legal thriller based on the famous 'War of the Currents' fought between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse.
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The man who controls electricity will control the very
sun in the sky... It is 1888 and, with gas lamps still flickering in the streets of New York, a young lawyer takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul Cravath's client is George Westinghuose, who is being sued by his wily rival, Thomas Edison, for $1 billion as they compete to power the city by electricity.
Pages : 368
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Publication date : 2017-06-01
Subjects: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime / Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Political / Legal Thriller, Thriller / Suspense