An unparalleled portrait of the birth of the financial world that continues to rule our destinies.

The Stoic brings us the outcome of the story of Frank Cowperwood, the protagonist of the Desire Trilogy, inspired by the real life of American business tycoon Charles T. Yerkes. The work recounts the years of senescence of an energetic man, who although he has achieved wealth and control of large businesses, reaches old age with a pending achievement: the recognition of his worth by the high society of his country. And to top it all off, his marriage hasn't turned out to be satisfactory either, and to live up to his social aspirations and his cultural and artistic sensibilities. But Cowperwood does not know the word failure and is capable of overcoming any adversity given his desire to live, to love, to succeed. Now Berenice is his muse and London is the "New World" to conquer with his experience in the field of business and the railway. The Stoic (1947), completed by the author shortly before his death and published posthumously two years after his death, brings to an end a story ‒begun in The Financier and continued in The Titan‒ that captivates not only because of the strength and singularity of its its actors, but also because it is an unparalleled portrait of the birth of the financial world that continues to rule our destinies.