An acerbic, withering account of the ascent of the Bush family to the pinnacle of the American political and social elite and the implications of the dynasty's

No one likes to believe that America has its own aristocracy, but the families described in this narrative share how these American families climbed the social

Approached from a historical lens, learn about the great and influential families, their rise and sometimes their fall. No one likes to believe that America has

This collection of entries offers a front seat view of the rise, reign, and fall of powerful modern political families and examines the effects they have had on

A “magisterial” (The Wall Street Journal) portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a dynasty of power brokers and public officials with an out