Jean Strouse’s monumental biography of Morgan and the Gilded Age he exemplified has been hailed as a masterpiece by the Los Angeles Times while picking up raves from The New York Times, Newsweek, Publishers Weekly, and The Wall Street Journal. Was Morgan an enthralling celebrity or an oppressor of the masses? If anybody has the answer, it’s Strouse, who spent 15 years pouring over every last detail or the tycoon’s public and private lives.