Plagued by Fire

The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Frank Lloyd Wright is often remembered as a towering egotist who valued little beyond his own genius. Less visible is the man who understood—and suffered for—the choices he made.

In this masterful biography, Paul Hendrickson reveals a more human Wright: haunted by his father and the greatest lie he ever told; bound in a close, perhaps romantic, relationship with early mentor Cecil Corwin; and shadowed by recurring fires in his life. Hendrickson also probes the link between the Tulsa Race Massacre and the brutal murders at Wright’s Wisconsin home.

By exposing both the grand facades and the cracks beneath them, Hendrickson offers a deeper, more intimate portrait—creating a definitive and brilliantly rendered account of Wright’s life.