The Warburgs The Twentieth - Century Odyssey Of A Remarkable Jewish Family

Description: From the Pulitzer Prize winning bestselling author of Alexander Hamilton the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical comes this definitive biography of the Warburgs one of the great German - Jewish banking families of the twentieth century. Bankers philanthropists scholars socialites artists and politicians the Warburgs stood at the pinnacle of German (and later of German - American) Jewry. They forged economic dynasties built mansions and estates assembled libraries endowed charities and advised a German kaiser and two American presidents. But their very success made the Warburgs lightning rods for anti - Semitism and their sense of patriotism became increasingly dangerous in a Germany that had declared Jews the enemy. Ron Chernow's hugely fascinating history is a group portrait of a clan whose members were renowned for their brilliance culture and personal energy yet tragically vulnerable to the dark and irrational currents of the twentieth century.
Title: The Warburgs The Twentieth - Century Odyssey Of A Remarkable Jewish Family
Barcode: 9780525431831
Publication Date: 11/15/2016