From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square
and the Tower
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, The
House of Rothschild is a biography of the rarest kind, in which
mysterious and fascinating historical figures finally spring to life.