
The House of Rothschild, Volume 1
Money's Prophets: 1798-1848
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Narrado por:
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Alexander Adams
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Niall Ferguson
From the best-selling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower.
In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and best-selling 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 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.
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inspiring
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This book goes back to the roots, Frankfurt, Germany in the 1700s. Even back then there were Jewish Ghettos, which became more famous in World War II. The ghetto wasn't even called that rather Gasse or street but they were the same thing. Even in the mid 1700s the Jews were forced to live in very small communities and were restricted from just about everything, even when they could venture into the world of the gentiles. They were limited as to how many could even live in the Gasse, how many could marry, how many could move in from the outside. In fact, even in my lifetime, I've heard the question asked as to how could the Jews be such good businessmen? Well, one reason is that they were restricted from just about every profession so they went to the areas where they weren't restricted and business was an area they could function. Into this scenario was born the House of Rothschild. From one person who grew up in this environment, the founder got very good at it. He saved his money and used it to make more money. He sent his sons to Vienna, Naples, Paris, and London and along with Frankfurt developed them all into business centers. They worked with governments, the wealthy, anyone or anything that needed money and got very good at it. They succeeded where others didn't and that success exists even today.
I would have been better off with an abridged version of this book. This one was too long and detailed for my interests. I suppose scholars and others with a keen interest on the subject might like it in this detail. But for my informational purposes I only needed more of an overview. Still it is a fascinating story.
myth vs fact
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The book is well written and meticulously researched. Ferguson has gone into depth and with great detail in telling the history of the Rothschild family. The author tells the story of a German Jewish family from the ghettoes who rose over many generations to be the most powerful and secretive family held financial institution in the world. At times the book is a bit tedious. Overall, I learned a great amount of most interesting information about finance, as well about the finance of wars. The family are Jewish and experienced extreme anti-Semitism over the centuries. I found the hatred of the Jews in Europe over the centuries shocking. They confined them to walled in ghettoes, made them wear certain markings on their clothing and then about every fifty years they killed them in massive numbers. I found the book fascinating, but it will be a while before I tackle volume two.
The book is twenty-eight hours and eleven minutes. Alexander Adams does an excellent job narrating the book. Alexander Adams is a pseudonym for narrator Grover Gardner. Gardner is an Audie winner and has won eighteen Earphone Awards. He is also Audiophile’s One of the Best Voices of the Century and a winner of the Golden Voice Award.
Fascinating
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Dry historical look at a powerful family
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Superb
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A great listen for history lovers
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A bit dense but worth the time
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Great research, poor narrative
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Rich in detail and education
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An excellent book!
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