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Nov 01, 1999 | ISBN 9780140240849 Buy
Nov 01, 1999 | ISBN 9781101157305 Buy
Jan 15, 2019 | 1692 Minutes Buy
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Nov 01, 1999 | ISBN 9780140240849
Nov 01, 1999 | ISBN 9781101157305
Jan 15, 2019 | ISBN 9781984843210
1692 Minutes
From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the TowerIn his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family’s phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family’s vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. And he tells a family saga, tracing the importance of unity and the profound role of Judaism in the lives of a dynasty that rose from the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto and later used its influence to assist oppressed Jews throughout Europe. A definitive work of impeccable scholarship with a thoroughly engaging narrative, The House of Rothschild is a biography of the rarest kind, in which mysterious and fascinating historical figures finally spring to life.
Niall Ferguson is one of the world’s most renowned historians. He is the author of sixteen books, including Civilization, The Great Degeneration, Kissinger, 1923–1968: The Idealist, and The Ascent of Money. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the… More about Niall Ferguson
“A stupendous achievement, a triumph of historical research and imagination.”—Robert Skidelsky, The New York Review of Books“Niall Ferguson’s brilliant and altogether enthralling two-volume family saga proves that academic historians can still tell great stories that the rest of us want to read.”—The New York Times Book Review“Superb … An impressive … account of the Rothschilds and their role in history.”—Boston Globe
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