The House of Rothschild Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848
by Ferguson, NiallFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary
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.
Author Biography
Niall Ferguson is Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford.
Table of Contents
| Illustrations in the text | p. xi |
| Tables | p. xiv |
| Acknowledgements | p. xv |
| Family tree | p. xviii |
| Introduction: Reality and Myth | p. 1 |
| Father and Sons | |
| "Our Blessed Father": Origins | p. 35 |
| Mayer Amschel | |
| The Dual Revolution | |
| The Elector's Treasure | p. 60 |
| The Origins of a Myth | |
| Mayer Amschel's Legacy | |
| Brothers | |
| "The Commanding General" (1813-1815) | p. 83 |
| War and Peace | |
| Nathan's Waterloo | |
| Fraternity | |
| "A Court Always Leads to Something" (1816-1825) | p. 111 |
| The Economic Consequences of the Peace | |
| "The Chief Ally of the Holy Alliance" | |
| Finance and Revolution | |
| Saving an Old Lady | |
| "Hue and Cry" (1826-1829) | p. 139 |
| Public Relations | |
| From Canning to Wellington | |
| Strings of Influence | |
| Money Makes Money | |
| Amschel's Garden | p. 164 |
| "Good Jews" | |
| "A Heavenly Good Deed": Emancipation | |
| "The Exceptional Family" | |
| Barons | p. 190 |
| Society | |
| Snobbery | |
| The Honours "Racket" | |
| "Fine Education" | |
| Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833) | p. 210 |
| The Revolution and the Rente | |
| Consols and the Constitution | |
| The Chains of Peace (1830-1833) | p. 231 |
| Lines of Communication | |
| Bankers' Diplomacy | |
| Golden Chains | |
| Underwriting Peace | |
| The World's Bankers | p. 257 |
| The Pillar | |
| The Rothschild System | |
| The Rothschild Network | |
| 'Change | |
| "Il est mort" (1836) | p. 291 |
| A Wedding and a Funeral | |
| Legacy and Legend | |
| Succession | |
| Uncles and Nephews | |
| Love and Debt | p. 319 |
| The Crime and Punishment of Hannah Mayer | |
| City and Country | |
| Elite Pursuits | |
| Investing in Art | |
| Piano Lessons | |
| Men of Letters | |
| Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839) | p. 354 |
| Iberian Dilemmas | |
| "That Blasted Country": America | |
| Trouble in Threadneedle Street | |
| Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840) | p. 379 |
| Spreading the Net | |
| "Absolument le Maitre des Finances de Ce Pays": Belgium | |
| Roads to Damascus | |
| Walls of Jericho | |
| "Satan Harnessed": Playing at Railways (1830-1846) | p. 406 |
| Salomon's Line: The Nordbahn | |
| Frankfurt: The Taunusbahn | |
| "The Chief Rabbi of the Rive Droite" | |
| The English Connection | |
| The Impact of Rail | |
| An Accident Happens | |
| 1848 | p. 437 |
| "The Worst Revolution That Ever Happened" | |
| The Threat to Property | |
| Survival | |
| Tranquillity and Order | |
| Prices and Purchasing Power | p. 481 |
| Exchange Rates and Selected Financial Statistics | p. 484 |
| Source Notes | p. 487 |
| Index | p. 497 |
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