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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Rothschilds a family portrait (originale 1961; edizione 2014)di Frederic Morton
Informazioni sull'operaThe Rothschilds: A Family Portrait di Frederic Morton (1961)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. First Spain Edition; includes pullout geneology; with dust jacket 4612. The Rothschilds A Family Portrait, by Frederic Morton (read 27 Aug 2009) This is Morton's first book, and is by now somewhat dated. The early part tells the story of the rise of the Rothschilds well, but as the book progresses it spends much time telling of the silly extravagances of the Rothschilds, which really seem disgusting and ridiculous. By the time I finished the book I was glad it was ending. I did read Guy de Rothschild's memoir The Whims of Fortune: The Memoirs of Guy de Rothschild (read 22 Jan 1994) and found it pretty good reading in parts. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A National Book Award Finalist from the bestselling Frederic Morton No family in the past two centuries has been as 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. To this day they remain one of the most powerful and wealthy families in the world. In Frederic Morton's classic tale, the family is finely painted on the page and brought vividly to life. Here you'll meet Mayer, long-time adviser 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 that were 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, and no author has so nimbly captured the eccentric brilliance of blood as Frederic Morton. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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