Financier

A large-scale realistic work that details the mechanisms of the financial system and the life of American society at the end of the 19th century. The author explores the nature of success, ambition, and human will, showing how the personality of a person is formed for whom money becomes the main tool of influence and freedom.

The novel, which became one of the most accurate portraits of capitalist America, was inspired by the fate of Chicago millionaire Charles Yerkes, who made a huge fortune but never achieved happiness.

Speculations, skillful manipulations of people, cunning scams — Frank Kauperwood dreams of wealth and is not averse to any means to achieve it. The Civil War, the Chicago Fire of 1871, and the ensuing stock market crash are not obstacles for him but merely new challenges. But will ambition lead him into a trap? And will his beloved leave him when everyone turns away from him?