The Warburgs by Ron Chernow

The Warburgs by Ron Chernow

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.

The House of Morgan, which received the National Book Award, and The Warburgs, which won the George S. Kaufman Prize, are among Ron Chernow's best-selling books. The Death of the Banker; Titan: The Life of John D. Eccles The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Rockefeller; Washington: A Life, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography; and Alexander Hamilton, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and transformed into the award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton. Chernow has received seven honorary doctorates and served as president of the PEN American Center. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

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ISBN 13	9780679418238
ISBN 10	0679418237
Title	The Warburgs
Author	Ron Chernow
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1993-09-21
Number of pages	820
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