Sara AharoniRecensioni
Autore di The First Mrs. Rothschild: A Novel
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"I need five coachmen to steer five different carriages, the fleet of M. A. Rothschild and Sons. I need a family representative in every important hub in Europe. Each one will be run by one of my five sons, and with constant, ongoing collaboration between all hubs, we will become the largest firm in Europe.”
I did get a sense of the raging anti-Semitism faced by the Rothschilds in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, and some of the characters managed enough nuance for a two-dimensional portrayal - although not Gutle herself, ironically enough - but I learned far more about the traditions of various branches of the family tree from Solomons' novel. I found this account far too dry and repetitive - and long! - to really hold my interest or capture my imagination.