THE ROTHSCHILDS: The Untold Family Story by Harry Freedman

THE ROTHSCHILDS explores the lives and legacy of one of the best-known and most impactful families in modern history.  The Rothschild name has long been synonymous with wealth and privilege, but the family has also been dogged by prejudice and hatred. Antisemitism followed them from their earliest beginnings in the oppressive Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt, where Jews were not allowed out after nightfall, to the lofty summits of high finance, art and culture.

The book takes us from the genesis of the Rothschild international banking empire to the impact of individual Rothschilds in multiple fields over the past 250 years. Spanning war, politics and the industrial revolution, art, architecture and interior design, zoology, smuggling, counterterrorism and the ongoing struggle against entrenched anti-Jewish bigotry, Freedman reveals a truly new story of a very old family, making a great contribution both to history and our understanding of a dynasty that has shaped our world.