Why we’re excited
Hetty Green made more money than any other American woman of her era, and Wall Street called her a witch for it. This novel follows her from an unmarried young woman working in her father's business through a betrayal by her husband to a fortune she controlled alone, earned against men like J. P. Morgan.
Marie Benedict writes about women history tended to sideline, as in The Only Woman in the Room and The Mystery of Mrs. Christie. Hetty Green is a good subject for her: famous, mocked and still widely misunderstood. Readers interested in money and power in old New York should start here.
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What to know about The Witch of Wall Street
Marie Benedict is a familiar name here: 2 of Marie Benedict’s books have full reviews, averaging 4.5 out of 5. Our highest-rated so far is Daughter of Egypt (5★).
Readers have saved it often enough to put it at No. 20 on our list of March 2027’s most-anticipated releases.
From the publisher
From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict comes the story of the richest woman of the Gilded Age, the brilliant and controversial Hetty Green.
The Gilded Age, New York City: Hetty Robinson is not your average young woman. Instead of marrying a proper young man as her family and society expects, Hetty defies their rules and joins her father in business, where her brilliance and daring investment strategies create enormous wealth.
Her heart is eventually captured by a handsome businessman, whose ambition matches her own. But after a shocking betrayal, Hetty vows never to depend on anyone ever again. As she forges a financial empire independent of her father and husband, she outmaneuvers the titans of Wall Street, like Andrew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan, who despised her and gave her the notorious nickname "The Witch of Wall Street."
Yet behind the legend is a woman far more complex than history a fiercely determined, deeply compassionate mother, wife, and daughter who also saved the city of New York from financial ruin. In The Witch of Wall Street, Marie Benedict presents an achingly human portrait of Hetty Green―a Wall Street legend and the self-made richest woman of the Gilded Age.
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