The Rothschilds A Family Portrait(1st Crest Printing February 1963rd Edition)
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Frederic Morton
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Book publisher: Fawcett World Library
Book Summary: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEELong Regarded As The Most Magical Of The European Dynasties, The Rothschild Family Today Remains One Of The Most Powerful And Wealthy In The World. No Family In The Past Two Centuries Has Been So Constantly At The Center Of Europe's Great Events, Has Featured Such Varied And Spectacularpersonalities, Has Had Anything Close To The Wealth Of The Rothschilds. In Frederic Morton's Classic Tale, The Family Is Brought Vividly To Life. Here You'll Meet Characters As Lively As You Can Mayer, Long-time Advisor To Germany's Princes, Who Broke Through The Barriers Of A Frankfurtghetto And Placed His Family On The Road To Wealth And Power; Lord Alfred, Who Maintained A Private Train, Private Orchestra (which He Conducted), And Private Circus (of Which He Was Ringmaster); Baron Philippe, Whose Rarefied Vintages Bear Labels Created By Great Artists, Among Them Picasso, Dali,and Haring; And Kathleen Nica Rothschild De Koenigswarter, The "jazz Baroness," In Whose Arms Charlie Parker Died. The Family Itself Has Been At The Center Of Some Of The Most Crucial Moments In The Defeat Of Napoleon At Waterloo, The Development Of The Suez Canal, The Introduction Of Jewsin The House Of Lords. Through It All, The Rothschild Name Has Continued To Represent The Family A Shrewd Business And Financial Sense, Activity In The Jewish Community And The Arts, And An Always Luxurious-and Often Eccentric-lifestyle. Nominated For A National Book Award When It Was First Published In 1962, Frederic Morton's The Rothschllds Is Here Reissued With A New Afterword By The Author, Bringing The Tale Of This Extraordinary Family To The Present.
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