The House of Rothschild
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The House of Rothschild
| Full title | The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 |
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| Author | Niall Ferguson |
| Published | 1998 |
| Pages | 596 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Niall Ferguson’s history of the Rothschild bank, written with access to the family archives — the five brothers, the government-bond business, and the politics that ran through it. The best-documented account of what a bank actually did in the nineteenth century, as opposed to what the conspiracies say it did. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @typesfast’s question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (the thread, June 2025); the full list is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
About this edition
Ferguson’s history runs to two volumes; this card is Volume 1, Money’s Prophets, 1798–1848.
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Niall Ferguson — the author.
- Banking · Finance — the subject.
What links here
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