House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 by Niall Ferguson
	List Price:   $25.00 Unit Price:   $20.00 You Save:   $5.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0140240845 ISBN-13:   9780140240849 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   November 1999 Pages:   544 Format:   Paperback
Awards
2005  Quill Awards  Nominee/Honoree  2006  American Library Association Notable Books  Winner!  2006  Aventis Prizes for Science Books  Nominee/Honoree  2006  California Book Awards  Nominee/Honoree  2007  Great Lakes Book Awards  Winner!
Subjects
BANKS AND BANKING BUSINESS FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES HISTORY
Description/Notes
The author uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. 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 family 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.