The Rothschilds: Portrait of a Dynasty - Softcover

Morton, Frederic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156836220X ISBN 13: 9781568362205

Publisher: Kodansha USA Inc, 1998

Synopsis

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE Long 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 spectacular personalities, 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 imagine: Mayer, long-time advisor to Germany's princes, who broke through the barriers of a Frankfurt ghetto 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 history: the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, the development of the Suez Canal, the introduction of Jews in the House of Lords. Through it all, the Rothschild name has continued to represent the family ideal: 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Vienna, FREDERIC MORTON now lives in New York City. He is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, including Thunder at Twilight and A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889, also a National Book Award nominee.

Synopsis:

International in scope, this series of non-fiction trade paperbacks offers books that explore the lives, customs and thoughts of peoples and cultures around the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kodansha USA Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 156836220X
• ISBN 13: 9781568362205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 335
• Editor: Su Nancy Cooperman