Title: The House of Rothschild, Vol. 1
Subtitle: Money's Prophets 1798-1848
Description: This second volume of Niall Ferguson's acclaimed, landmark history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty concludes his myth-breaking portrait of one of the most powerful and fascinating families of modern times. With all the depth, clarity and drama with which he traced the Rothschild's ascent, Ferguson shows how their power waned as conflicts from Crimea to the Second World War repeatedly threatened the stability of their worldwide empire, and how their failure to establish themselves successfully in the United States would prove fateful. At once a classic family saga and a major work of economic, social and political history, this is the definitive biography of some of the most powerful financiers of recent times.
Subjects: Bankers, Banks and banking, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Business, Businesspeople, Europe, History, Jews, Nonfiction, Politics and government, Bankiers, Family-owned business enterprises, Rothschild family, Banks and banking, europe, Jews, europe, Banks and banking, history
Places: Europe
People: Rothschild family
Time periods: 19th century