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The World's Bankers: The History of the House of Rothschild
The World's Bankers: The History of the House of Rothschild

Rise of Rothschilds: Banking power, myth, reality.

If you've ever been intrigued by how finance shapes the world, Ferguson's "The World's Banker" is a deep dive into that realm. It's not just a tale of banking; it's a narrative of ambition and influence that charts the rise of a family from the ghetto to global financial dominance. You'll find this book rich in historical detail and full of insights on power and wealth that are still relevant today.

  • Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (1999)
  • Wadsworth Prize (1998)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780297815396
Authors: Niall Ferguson
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Date of Publication: 1999-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Economics, Politics, History
Related Topics: Biography, History, Money, World History, Politics, European History, Finance
Goodreads rating: 3.96
(rated by 673 readers)

Description

First complete history of the Rothschild banking dynasty, with access to worldwide archives. From the Rothschilds' spectacular rise to pre-eminence in European finance during the turbulent final years of the Napoleonic Wars, a mythology has grown up around the family and its firms. It is no exaggeration to say that the Rothschilds became one of the living legends of the 19th century: the personification of a new era in which money determined status and power, an era in which five Jewish brothers born into the wretchedness of the Frankfurt Ghetto could rise by their own ingenuity to become 'the world's bankers'—dominating the international financial markets, rubbing shoulders with the social elite, patronising the great artists and architects of the era, and above all exerting a decisive, if veiled, influence over the world's monarchs and statesmen. Using a wealth of archival sources as well as a vast amount of little-known contemporary and more recent secondary literature, Niall Ferguson's definitive study will finally hold the mirror of reality up to the face of myth. The result promises not only to do justice to the history of the Rothschilds, but to revolutionise the history of their rise and pre-eminence, and to reveal fascinating continuities from the 19th century to the present day.
 

Rise of Rothschilds: Banking power, myth, reality.

If you've ever been intrigued by how finance shapes the world, Ferguson's "The World's Banker" is a deep dive into that realm. It's not just a tale of banking; it's a narrative of ambition and influence that charts the rise of a family from the ghetto to global financial dominance. You'll find this book rich in historical detail and full of insights on power and wealth that are still relevant today.

  • Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (1999)
  • Wadsworth Prize (1998)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.