Washington Post: A Richly Told Story
“[A] sweeping biography of the venerable family. [Meier] has given the Morgenthaus the magisterial book treatment…. The result is a richly told story of a family he sees as an overlooked American dynasty.”
Andrew Kirtzman, “The extraordinary lives and lasting influence of the Morgenthaus,” Washington Post, December 8, 2022.
NYT Book Review: Editors’ Choice: New Books We Recommend This week
“This elegant saga [Andrew Meier’s Morgenthau], the fruit of patient archival research and hundreds of interviews, traces in fascinating detail the rise of an illustrious New York Jewish family from 19th-century Bavaria to 20th-century politics.”
“9 New Books We Recommend This Week,” Book Review, Editors’ Choice, New York Times, October 27, 2022.
FT: A window into a powerful, privileged world that most Americans can only dream of
“An epic account of a New York dynasty and its rise to political influence.
Andrew Meier has pulled all of these lives together into a single American family saga, much like those written about the Rockefellers, Morgans and Kennedys…[T]he depth of the reporting is impressive…
A window into a powerful, privileged world that most Americans can only dream of.”
Brooke Masters, “Morgenthau by Andrew Meier — power, privilege and the making of modern America,” Best Books of the Week, Financial Times, September 28, 2022.
Kirkus: Starred Review
“A family’s history chronicles the history of the nation.
Journalist and biographer Meier draws on hundreds of hours of interviews and prodigious archival research to craft an absorbing narrative following four generations of one of America’s most prominent families.…
A majestic, authoritative multigenerational saga.”
“MORGENTHAU,” Kirkus Starred Review, July 27, 2022.
Publishers Weekly: Starred Review
“Meier’s narrative mixes political drama… with colorful family melodrama…. It’s also a vivid panorama of the New York that made the Morgenthaus…. The result is a fascinating family portrait on the grandest scale. ”
“Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty,” Publishers Weekly Starred Review, June 28, 2022.