A second volume in the acclaimed history of the legendary banking dynasty chronicles the changing fortunes of the financial family during a turbulent era in world history, from their dramatic influence in nineteenth-century Europe to their gradual decline because of the failure to establish a sixth house in the world financial center of New York. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The first historian with access to the long-lost Rothschild archive, bestselling author Niall Ferguson offers a myth-breaking in-depth portrait fo one of the most fascinating and powerful families in Europe. Hidden for nearly fifty yers in the KGB's special archive, the uncovered records cast new light on the banking family's rise to preeminence...read more

A richly rendered portrait of the Rothschild dynasty reveals for the first time the mechanics of this family's rise to financial prominence, with fresh details on its experiences in the Frankfurt ghetto and the aid it rendered to persecuted Jews throughout Europe. Reprint. NYT.

The first historian to gain access to the Rothschild archive, long hidden in the KGB's archives, presents a grand portrait of the members of Europe's most powerful banking family, tracing their influence on European finance, on political events, and on European Jewry. (view table of contents)