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The House Of Rothschild

The House Of Rothschild

Money's Prophets 1798-1848

Niall Ferguson

The Mythology surrounding the Rothschilds' wealth and power is two centuries old. Now the historical reality, long buried in the bank's archives, is revealed for the first time by Oxford historian and bestselling author Niall Ferguson in this definitive account of a legendary banking dynasty's rise to power. ...

Publisher:
Penguin
Year of publication:
1998
ISBN:
978-0-14-028662-5
Pages:
648
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The Mythology surrounding the Rothschilds' wealth and power is two centuries old. Now the historical reality, long buried in the bank's archives, is revealed for the first time by Oxford historian and bestselling author Niall Ferguson in this definitive account of a legendary banking dynasty's rise to power.

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