The Last Days of Night
SKU: 9781471156687
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Author:MOORE Graham
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ISBN:9781471156687
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Publication Date:June 2017
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Pages:368
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Simon and Schuster
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Country of Publication:
The Last Days of Night
SKU: 9781471156687
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Author:MOORE Graham
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ISBN:9781471156687
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Publication Date:June 2017
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Pages:368
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Simon and Schuster
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Country of Publication:
Description
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.
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.
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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.
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.