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In this short biography of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), historian and journalist Amos Elon describes how the founder of the Rothschild dynasty started

By mid-nineteenth century, Meyer Amschel Rothschild's five sons controlled one of the most massive fortunes in Europe. The Rothschild name had become synonymous

The story of how Nathan Mayer Rothschild financed Wellington's victory over Napoleon at Waterloo.

A history of German Jews from the mid-eighteenth century to the eve of the Third Reich traces their transformation from cattle dealers and wandering peddlers to

By the middle of 19th century the five Rothschild brothers in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna and Naples controlled the finances of Europe more closely than an