The House of Rothschild - by Niall Ferguson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In 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. of color photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From the bestselling author of <i>The Ascent of Money </i>and <i>The Square and the Tower</i></b> <p/>In 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, <i>The House of Rothschild</i> is a biography of the rarest kind, in which mysterious and fascinating historical figures finally spring to life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A stupendous achievement, a triumph of historical research and imagination.<b><i>--</i>Robert Skidelsky, </b><i><b>The New York Review of Books</b> <p/></i>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.<b><i>--</i></b><i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b> <p/></i>Superb ... An impressive ... account of the Rothschilds and their role in history.<b><i>--Boston Globe</i> </b><br><i><br></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Niall Ferguson is one of the world's most renowned historians. He is the author of <i>Paper and Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, Colossus, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, High Financier, Civilization, The Great Degeneration, Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist, </i>and<i> The Square and the Tower</i>. He is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His many awards include the Benjamin Franklin Prize for Public Service (2010), the Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2012) and the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism (2013).
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