The House of Rothschild：The Worlds Banker 1849-1999

图书标准信息

• 作者 Niall Ferguson 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2000-09
• ISBN 9780140286625
• 定价 201.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 544页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AnelegantliterarymysterysetduringtheGildedAge.NewYorkCity,1911.RepresentingthewidowofaWallStreetfinancier,lawyerWilliamDysarttravelstoasmallLongIslandtownwithagenerousofferforMissSybilCurtis'scottageandfiveacresofland.ButwhenSybilrefusestosell,thewidowthreatenstouseherinfluencewiththestatetoseizetheproperty.IntriguedbySybil'sdefianceandafflictedbyagrowingaffectionforher,Williamdevelopsadesiretohelpherthatbecomesanobsessionhecannotdefine,onethattearsawaythefacadeofhislife,andpresentshimwithtruthshe'sunpreparedtoface.

【作者简介】

NiallFergusonisLaurenceA.TischProfessorofHistoryatHarvardUniversity,aSeniorResearchFellowofJesusCollege,OxfordUniversity,andaSeniorFellowoftheHooverInstitution,StanfordUniversity.ThebestsellingauthorofPaperandIron,TheHouseofRothschild,ThePityofWar,TheCashNexus,Empire,andColossus,healsowritesregularlyfornewspapersandmagazinesallovertheworld.Since2003hehaswrittenandpresentedthreehighlysuccessfultelevisiondocumentaryseriesforBritishtelevision:Empire,AmericanColossus,and,mostrecently,TheWaroftheWorld.