About the Author

Paul Strathern is a Somerset Maugham prize-winning novelist, and his nonfiction works include The Venetians; The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior; Napoleon in Egypt; and Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements. He lives in England.

Reviews

"An excellent history. An entertaining tale of the rise and fall of an ambitious banking family." -- The Sunday Times (London) "Strathern has done his research thoroughly, and tells a good story well." -- The Sunday Telegraph