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The definitive biography of the twentieth century's great German-Jewish banking family, from the bestselling, Pulitzer prize-winning author of Alexander Hamilton.

About the Author

Ron Chernow is the author of Alexander Hamilton, which has sold over 1.5 million copies and inspired the musical Hamilton, and of Grant, a life of the great Civil War general and US President. A graduate of Yale and Cambridge, Chernow's Washington: A Life won the Pulitzer prize in 2011.

Reviews

Excellent family history... A great, and lengthy, saga'
*The Times*

Splendid... Chernow does a wonderful job fleshing out the lives in this family drama'
*Wall Street Journal*

Excellent... An enthralling story, told with a novelist's zest'
*New York Times*