Hanover Place Author:Michael M. Thomas Covering seven decades of depression, triumph, war, and tragedy, from the roaring, gilded 1920's, to the projected chaos of the 1990's, HANOVER PLACE is the saga of "The Firm," Warrington & Co., a great house of finance whose influence spreads far beyond Wall Street. And it is the story of the two families -- one WASP, one Jewish -- who dominate... more » that firm.
A book that goes far beyond the conventional family epic, HANOVER PLACE candidly depicts the world of high finance and high society as it was, as it is, and as it may well turn out to be. Its men and women move through history, now caught up in the events of our time, now involved with intimate dramas of passion, rivalry, and power. And always in their lives, humming with a million schemes and dreams, is the great city of New York -- and at its frenzied concrete heart, Wall Street itself.
"Weighing in somewhere between Edith Wharton and Dominick Dunne, Thomas doesn't miss a trick. The book is a dazzling history of Manhattan's financial and social mores."
--Vogue
"Splashy, sprawling, and wickedly entertaining."
--Atlanta Journal and Constitution
"Stunning...addictive...a rich tale of old money vs. new."
--Stephen Birmingham, Washington Post Book World« less