Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Master of the historical novel genre Erik Larson had this to say about "The Last Days of Night." "Graham Moore takes us back to the dawn of light – electric light – into a world of invention and skullduggery, populated by the likes of Edison, Westinghouse, Tesla, and the novel's hero, a young lawyer named Paul Cravath (a name that will resonate with ambitious law students everywhere). It's part legal thriller, a part tour of a magical time – the age of wonder."

In the New York of 1888 gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The...