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The House of Rothschild, Vol. 1

Pages
672
Published
1998
Language
English

Synopsis

Niall Ferguson continues his definitive history of the Rothschild banking dynasty in this second volume. Discover how the family's immense power began to decline amidst global conflicts from the Crimean War to World War II. This book explores their struggles to maintain a worldwide empire and their fateful failure to establish a strong presence in the United States.

About the author

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Niall Ferguson

Niall Campbell Ferguson is a British historian from Scotland. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, University of Oxford, a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and visiting professor at the New College of the Humanities. His specialties are international history, economic and financial history, and British and American imperialism. He is known for his provocative, contrarian views. -...