Founder
Meyer Amschel Rothschild and His Time
Published on 19. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-00-638773-2 (ISBN)
Description
'The best short biography of the year... a tour de force.' Ian McIntyre, The Times
By the middle of the nineteenth century the five Rothschild brothers - in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna and Naples - controlled the finances of Europe more closely than any family ever had before, and were a byword for the power which great wealth can bring with it.
But the man who founded this dynasty has always been an elusive figure who generally merits no more than a few pages in books which concentrate on the achievements of his offspring.
Amos Elon's wonderful biography Founder gives us, in as complete a form as possible, the life of this remarkable man for the first time.
By the middle of the nineteenth century the five Rothschild brothers - in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna and Naples - controlled the finances of Europe more closely than any family ever had before, and were a byword for the power which great wealth can bring with it.
But the man who founded this dynasty has always been an elusive figure who generally merits no more than a few pages in books which concentrate on the achievements of his offspring.
Amos Elon's wonderful biography Founder gives us, in as complete a form as possible, the life of this remarkable man for the first time.
Reviews / Votes
'[A] slim volume but a thoroughly absorbing one'Chaim Bermant, Sunday Telegraph
'Anyone who wants to understand the deep psychological drives that lie behind [the Rothschilds'] success should read this classic account.'
Niall Ferguson, Sunday Times
'Elon tells us that there is no authentic likeness of Meyer, but he has succeeded, with his own kind of clear-headed admiration, in bringing him to life.'
Penelope Fitzgerald, Evening Standard
'A triumph for hidden history'
J. B. Pick, Scotsman
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
52 b/w illus
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-638773-2 (9780006387732)
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Person
Amos Elon has spent most of his adult life in Jerusalem. A frequent essayist, lecturer and critic who is well known for his articles in the New Yorker and New York Review of Books, he is the author of the bestseller The Israelis: Founders and Sons, Flight into Egypt, Herzl: A Biography and Jerusalem: City of Mirrors (also published by Flamingo).