The House of Rothschild
Money's Prophets 1798-1848
$56.71
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
1 November 1999
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140240849 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140240845 |
| Author: | Niall Ferguson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 1999 |
| Weight: | 546g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 154mm x 32mm |
| Series: | The House of Rothschild |
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“A stupendous achievement, a triumph of historical research and imagination.” -Robert Skidelsky,
“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
About The Author
Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson is one of the world’s most renowned historians. He is the author of 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, and The Square and the Tower. 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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