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The House of Rothschild: Volume 2: The World's Banker: 1849-1999
Niall Ferguson's House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848 was hailed as "definitive" by the New York Times, a "great biography" by Time magazine, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of 1998 by Business Week. Now, Ferguson concludes his myth--breaking portrait of one of the most powerful families of modern times at the zenith of its power. From Crimea to World Wa...more
ebook, 544 pages
Published
September 1st 2000
by Penguin Books
(first published 1998)
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This was the second volume of Ferguson's biography of the Rothschild family. It is well written, generally sympathetic, and filled with details of how the various strands of the family fit into European history from the Crimean war up through the two World Wars. What is amazing about this set is how this family continue to keep itself organized, disciplined, and devoted to business for so long at such a high level of performance. There is nothing like this in journalistic accounts and the volume...more
As with Vol 1, there are insights enough if you are prepared to plough through the vast minefield of paper. For a general interest reader, it s too much data with too little reason to invest the time. I would reccomend an abridged version of Vol 1 and 2 to anyone but this one...lets leave it to the focused student.
Volume 1 of this book was really interesting. Second volume not so much. Even the history of the Rothschilds during Nazi Europe seemed to lack drama, and I suspect the story of their lives during that time could have been better told. A lot of the post war stuff seemed fairly tedious.
I really wanted to read this, but after 100 pages I realized I wasn't sure what he was saying most of the time. Also don't really like the "other people have written, but they were wrong" tone. Will probably give it up Gave it up
I finally finished this book, a second in the series. It adds incredible perspective to today's financial crises around the world. Nothing has changed in 200 years - just different players.
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Niall Ferguson (born April 18, 1964, in Glasgow) is a British (Scottish) historian who specialises in financial and economic history as well as the history of empire. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He was educated at the private Glasgow Academy in Scotland, and at Magdal...more
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