This is the tale of an imploding dynasty, a mogul at war, and a deal that sums up an era of dramatic change. The main character is the Wall Street Journal, an American media institution. While at the Journal, Sarah Ellison won praise for her coverage of the five-billion-dollar acquisition that transformed the pride of Dow Jones and the Bancroft family into the jewel of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. In this engrossing book, she uses her knowledge of the paper and its people to go deep inside the landmark deal and rocky transition when Murdoch’s crew tussled with old Journal hands and geared up for battle with the New York Times. She moves from the newsrooms where editors duel to the estates where Bancroft family members go at it like the Ewings. She shows Murdoch, finally, for who he is—maneuvering, firing, undoing all that the Bancrofts had protected.