{"product_id":"house-of-rothschild-vol-2-the-worlds-banker-1849-1998","title":"The House of Rothschild","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major work of economic, social and political history, Niall Ferguson's \u003ci\u003eThe House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849-1999\u003c\/i\u003e is the second volume of the acclaimed, landmark history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNiall Ferguson's \u003ci\u003eHouse of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed as a \"great biography\" by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and named one of the best books of the year by \u003ci\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, with all the depth, clarity and drama with which he traced their ascent, Ferguson - the first historian with access to the long-lost Rothschild family archives - concludes his myth-breaking portrait of once of the most fascinating and power families of all time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From Crimea to World War II, wars repeatedly threatened the stability of the Rothschilds' worldwide empire. Despite these many global upheavals, theirs remained the biggest bank in the world up until the First World War, their interests extending far beyond the realm of finance. Yet the Rothschilds' failure to establish themselves successfully in the United States proved fateful, and as financial power shifted from London to New York after 1914, their power waned.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A stupendous achievement, a triumph of historical research and imagination.\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Skidelsky,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"House of Rothschild Vol. 2: the World's Banker 1849-1998","offer_id":50684125872325,"sku":null,"price":71.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-14-028662-5.jpg?v=1791865141","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/house-of-rothschild-vol-2-the-worlds-banker-1849-1998","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}