{"product_id":"the-wealth-of-shadows","title":"The Wealth of Shadows","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"A thriller of a different kind--with an unlikely band of economists and bureaucrats working in the shadows to save the world.\"--Charles Frazier, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing their economy in this thrilling novel based on a true story, from the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of \u003ci\u003eThe Imitation Game\u003c\/i\u003e and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Night\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Random House Book Club edition includes an interview with the author, historical photographs, and a discussion guide.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1939. Ansel Luxford has everything a person could want--a comfortable career, a brilliant spouse, a beautiful new baby. But he is obsessed by a belief that Europe is on the precipice of a war that will grow to consume the world. The United States is officially proclaiming neutrality in any foreign conflict, but when Ansel is offered an opportunity to move to Washington, D.C., to join a clandestine project within the Treasury Department that is working to undermine Nazi Germany, he uproots his family overnight and takes on the challenge of a lifetime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow can they defeat the enemy without firing a bullet? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo thwart the Nazis, Ansel and his team invent a powerful new theater of battle: economic warfare. Money is a dangerous weapon, and Ansel's efforts will plunge him into a world full of peril and deceit. He will crisscross the globe to broker backroom deals, undertake daring heists, and spar with titans of industry like J.P. Morgan and the century's greatest economic mind, Britain's John Maynard Keynes. When Ansel's wife takes a job with the FBI to hunt for spies within the government, the need for subterfuge extends to the home front. And Ansel discovers that he might be closer to those spies than he could ever imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wealth of Shadows \u003c\/i\u003eis a mind-expanding historical novel about the mysterious powers of money, the lies worth telling to defeat evil, and a hidden war that shaped the modern world.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0593731948\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780593731949\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Moore, Graham\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2025)","offer_id":46079936692421,"sku":"9780593731949","price":18.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780593731949.jpg?v=1776033155","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-wealth-of-shadows","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}