Name: The Last Days of Night
Rating: 3.904761904761905 (21 reviews)
ISBN: 9780812988901

Graham Moore

When electric light innovator Thomas Edison sues his only remaining rival for patent infringement, George Westinghouse hires untested Columbia Law School graduate Paul Ravath for a case fraught with lies, betrayals, and deception.

A Novel

The Last Days of Night

Jackie Cunningham

If John Grisham was suddenly motivated to write historical fiction based heavily in the sciences - or if Grisham wrote and Andy Weir provided the science. Great, fast-paced read.

Patricia Nelson

I really enjoyed this book. I loved how the author used actual events and wove them together with some conjecture into a compelling storyline. I did not know the history of this time period or these inventors, and enjoyed learning about them. I appreciate the detailed description at the end by the author of what was real, what was moved around in time, and what was conjecture. This is our book club pick for March, and I'm excited to discuss it!

The impulse decision of all impulse decisions to read this book.

After watching the movie "The Current War" I was further interested in the interconnected history of Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse, and that's when this "Historical Fiction" presented itself, so twenty minutes after the movie ended I suddenly started reading.

Historical Fiction can be so good when it packs accurate history and the participating characters into a partially dramatized and compressed story.

The book compresses the Current War into two years (1888-1890) and revolves primarily around Edison's lawsuit against Westinghouse's alleged light bulb patent infringement. The story centers on protagonist and Westinghouse lawyer Paul Cravath - another real person.

At which points author Graham Moore has bent the true story somewhat, he summarizes in the epilogue in a sensible and comprehensible way.

An entertaining book with a great learning effect, which continued with reading several hours of Wikipedia.

Nick Bicko

4.5 stars.

The impulse decision of all impulse decisions to read this book.

After watching the movie "The Current War" I was further interested in the interconnected history of Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse, and that's when this "Historical Fiction" presented itself, so twenty minutes after the movie ended I suddenly started reading.

And it was worth it.

Historical Fiction can be so good when it packs accurate history and the participating characters into a partially dramatized and compressed story.

The book compresses the Current War into two years (1888-1890) and revolves primarily around Edison's lawsuit against Westinghouse's alleged light bulb patent infringement. The story centers on protagonist and Westinghouse lawyer Paul Cravath - another real person.

At which points author Graham Moore has bent the true story somewhat, he summarizes in the epilogue in a sensible and comprehensible way.

An entertaining book with a great learning effect, which continued with reading several hours of Wikipedia.

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John Manoogian III

Jen Sorenson

Cheri McElroy

Rebecca Henry

Barry Hess

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ANDY SLOPSEMA

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random house LLC, in 2016"--Title page verso.

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