The Rise of the House of Rothschild

Without suspicion of exaggeration it can be said that “The Rise of the House of Rothschild” is one of the most exciting and important historical works published in our times. Awaited for many years, it is a mighty canvas of turbulent, scheming, warring Europe and of that family of golden Titans who pulled the strings on which kings, generals, and whole nations danced. In Germany it created a furore immediately after publication. Its author Count Corti already has a fine reputation in Europe as a biographer and historian. Before writing “The Rise of the House of Rothschild,” he spent three years in research. When he sat down to tell the story, his desk resembled the secret archives of a Foreign Office. Corti follows the strange trail of the Rothschilds with a keen instinct for the unraveling of economic history and diplomatic intrigue, and an equal sense of human values that makes his book as fascinating as it is important. Emil Ludwig, in the New York Herald Tribune, says: This history of the Hpuse of Rothschild constitutes a magnificent expression of the basic foundation, the factors of power and the mistakes of construction of the old Europe. The reader will find in this book a condensed history of Europe, chock-full of instructive and amusing details, hidden away in the story of a banking house. The New York Times says: An uncommonly fascinating history of a financial dynasty which played a more important part in shaping the destiny of the world than many of the ruling houses.