Penguin Books, 1999. Niall Ferguson, a young Scottish historian who teaches Modern history at Oxford University, makes an impressive contribution to the literature of the Rothschilds. The immense financial influence the Rothschilds had at their disposal is why diplomacy was, next to finance, their greatest interest. London, Paris, and Vienna, as well as in Frankfurt and Naples. The House of Rothschild is not limited to economic history.
Family history spills over into social history.
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