Much was at stake for both the winner and the loser. The market for a better bulb was immense and not crowded. Gas lights remaned, as they were far safer and more beautiful. The first electric lamps a century earlier and by 1878, arc-lighting systems and electrical “candles” were being sold to cities and towns throughout the U.S. The story begins with Cravath being hired by Westinghouse to prosecute a patent-related lawsuit against Edison to prevent him from having a monopoly on “light.” The central issue at the heart of the legal squabble was “who invented the light bulb?” Morgan, Agnes Huntington and Paul Cravath.Ĭravath, the protagonist, is a 26-year-old attorney only 19 months out of law school. The main characters include Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla, J.P. This book is a “Gordian knot of verifiable truth, educated supposition, dramatic rendering and total guesswork.” It follows the ground-breaking “non-fiction fiction” or historical fiction art form pioneered in 1966 by Truman Capote’s award winning “In Cold Blood.” The author states, “the bulk of the events depicted in the book did happen and every major character did exist.” But adds that nothing (in the book) should be understood as verifiable fact. Westinghouse) and the creation of today’s global giant General Electric. Set in New York City and Pittsburgh in the late 1800s, The Last Days of Night centers in the invention of the light bulb, the war over the adoption of A/C current, the largest ever patent-lawsuit (Edison vs. It will appeal to those interested in invention, technology, business, the practice of law and entrepreneurship. Even as a work of “historical fiction,” it will appeal to history buffs. The Last Days of Night by best-selling author Graham Moore is such a story. It takes a very special story for me to engage in fiction.
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