The Great Game is a fictionalized account of the Nobels—brothers Robert, Alfred, and Ludvig, and Ludvig’s son Emanuel—innovators and relentless competitors who revolutionized oil development and established the Nobel Prize. The story opens in 1876 with Emanuel and Ludvig arriving in Baku, Azerbaijan, a town soaked in oil spewing from derricks. Repulsed by the waste … Continue reading The Great Game: The Story of the First Oil War