The women of Rothschild : the untold story of the world's most famous dynasty / Natalie Livingstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingstone, Natalie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rothschild family.

Jewish women--Great Britain--Biography.

Jewish women.

Jewish families--Great Britain--Biography.

Jewish families.

Women--Great Britain--Biography.

Women.

Great Britain--Biography.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 461 pages : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.

Summary:

"From the East End of London to the eastern seaboard of the United States, from Spitalfields to Scottish castles, from Bletchley Park to Buchenwald, and from the Vatican to Palestine, Natalie Livingstone follows the extraordinary lives of the Rothschild women from the dawn of the nineteenth century to the early years of the twenty-first. As Jews in a Christian society and women in a deeply patriarchal family, they were outsiders. Excluded from the family bank, they forged their own distinct dynasty of daughters and nieces, mothers and aunts. They became influential hostesses and talented diplomats, choreographing electoral campaigns, advising prime ministers, advocating for social reform, and trading on the stock exchange. Misfits and conformists, conservatives and idealists, performers and introverts, they mixed with everyone from Queen Victoria to Chaim Weizmann, Rossini to Isaiah Berlin, and the Duke of Wellington to Alec Guinness, as well as with amphetamine dealers, suffragists, and avant-garde artists ... The Women of Rothschild gives voice to the complicated, privileged, and gifted women whose vision and tenacity shaped history"--Dust jacket flap.

Contents:

Part I. Gutle, Hannah, Henriette

Part II. Charlotte, Hannah Mayer, Louisa

Part III. Constance, Emma, Hannah, Blanche

Part IV. Rózsika, Dolly, Miriam, Nica, Rosie.

Notes:

"Originally published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers), an Hachette UK company"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-437) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Schaffer fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781250280190

1250280192

OCLC:

1263342141