There is widespread belief that Thomas Edison is both the father of electricity and the inventor of the light bulb, but the reality is a far more complex and fascinating story. In The Last Days of Night, author Graham Moore pens an outstanding fictional account on this very topic – writing about the clash among the three key inventors: Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse. While all three invented aspects of electricity and the light bulb, Edison had the foresight to get the patents first. Westinghouse cried foul and filed suit, meanwhile Tesla only cared to keep inventing.
Through this account, the reader will learn that electricity and its use could not have happened without various inventors and investors. This is an excellent historical fiction book and the epilogue was worth the wait!