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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.

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Splendid.... Chernow does a wonderful job fleshing out the lives of the major characters in this family drama. <br>-- Wall Street Journal <br> [Ron Chernow] has surpassed himself in this absorbing chronicle. <br>-- The New Yorker <br> This is grand-scale scholarship .... It is all here, along with so much of the painful, tumultuous history of our time, all in one splendid book. <br>-- David McCullough, author of Truman

Splendid.... Chernow does a wonderful job fleshing out the lives of the major characters in this family drama. <br><br>-- Wall Street Journal<br><br> [Ron Chernow] has surpassed himself in this absorbing chronicle. <br><br>-- The New Yorker<br><br> This is grand-scale scholarship .... It is all here, along with so much of the painful, tumultuous history of our time, all in one splendid book. <br><br>-- David McCullough, author of Truman

-Splendid.... Chernow does a wonderful job fleshing out the lives of the major characters in this family drama.- -- Wall Street Journal -[Ron Chernow] has surpassed himself in this absorbing chronicle.- -- The New Yorker -This is grand-scale scholarship .... It is all here, along with so much of the painful, tumultuous history of our time, all in one splendid book.- -- David McCullough, author of Truman Splendid.... Chernow does a wonderful job fleshing out the lives of the major characters in this family drama. -- Wall Street Journal [Ron Chernow] has surpassed himself in this absorbing chronicle. -- The New Yorker This is grand-scale scholarship .... It is all here, along with so much of the painful, tumultuous history of our time, all in one splendid book. -- David McCullough, author of Truman

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Ron Chernow's bestselling books include The House of Morgan, winner of the National Book Award; The Warburgs, which won the George S. Eccles Prize; The Death of the Banker; Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Washington: A Life, which received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography; and Alexander Hamilton, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and adapted into the award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton. Chernow has served as president of PEN American Center and has received seven honorary doctoral degrees. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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