The House of Rothschild: Volume 2: The World's Banker: 1849-1999 @ richardeward.com

The House of Rothschild: Volume 2: The World's Banker: 1849-1999
by Niall Ferguson
from Penguin (Non-Classics)

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• THE INVISIBLE ROTHSCHILDS
  What has Ferguson not told about the Rothschilds in this second volume of his seemingly exhaustive two volume set?
  He all too facilely dismisses Victor Rothschild's being the fifth man in the World War II Soviet spy ring of Blunt, Burgess, et. al. He dosen't discuss the Rothschilds' connection with Freemasonry at the highest level, and their gift to Israel of the Supreme Court building, a New World Order artifact, heavily laden architecturally with Freemasonry symbolism. Likewise, glaringly absent from... more info

• Rothschild the world's banker
  A very complete book, a mine of facts but the author was unable to sort what is important from miscellaneous. The mix of general european history, business history and family events is by moments as indigestible as porridge por a non-scot.

• Way too detailed
  This book was just way too detailed for me. It contains lots of facts and figures about biz transactions but it is just too much. It was to the point of who cares? Niall Ferguson really did his home work as far as that is concerned but it made the book boring. To me it felt like it was written by an accountant. It is the story behind the facts and figures and how they came about which make for interesting reading. But I have to give him credit for the time he spent putting this book together is... more info

• Disappointed:
  I agree with one of the critics that the book had many facts and details that broke up the pace of the book for me. Ferguson presumes that the reader knows a fair amount about bonds, consuls and other financial mechanisms. He would have done well to slow down a bit and explain a few of the terms and concepts. And I think that Ferguson tells an utterly superficial and innocuous history of the Family. Long awkward sentences make for labored reading. That having been said, this was no doubt a delicate and... more info

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