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Summary: THE INVISIBLE ROTHSCHILDS
Comment: What has Ferguson not told about the Rothschilds in this second volume of his seemingly exhaustive
two volume set?

He all too facilely dismisses Victor Rothschild's being the fifth man
in the World War II Soviet spy ring of Blunt, Burgess, et. al. He dosen't discuss the Rothschilds'
connection with Freemasonry at the highest level, and their gift to Israel of the Supreme Court
building, a New World Order artifact, heavily laden architecturally with Freemasonry symbolism.
Likewise, glaringly absent from note are Illuminati activities, which the family has been widely
thought to be involved with. History Professor Ferguson could fill in his blanks on some vital but
shady Rothschild history from Henry Makow, a researcher and writer--and a Jew.
/>According to an article on Ferguson in Harvard Magazine (May/June '07), he is about to take on
biographical writing of Henry Kissinger, at Kissinger's request. This should generate caution. Could
Kissinger's "papers" be entirely relied on? Kissinger probably saw what sheen Ferguson could put on
the Rothschild's archives as raw material, ignoring or minimising important but dark concerns. />
Same question on the Warburg's family papers that he is availing himself of. What will
Ferguson tell us about Paul Warburg's role in establishing the egregious Federal Reserve, and Max
Warburg financing the Bolshevik revolution?

Let's hope that Ferguson can either put
this and other allegations to rest once and for all or illuminate them if true--but now that he's
shown his colors with the Rothschilds, I doubt that he will, either way.

It seems that
sympathetic academic interest in these elitist families and individuals is inevitable in part
because that is where the big bucks for research and publishing would be, especially for a scholar
who professes to have, as he says in the Harvard Magazine article, "become a thorough philo-Semite".

Is there a whiff of opportunism here at the expense of objectivity?

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Summary: Rothschild the world's banker
Comment: A very complete book, a mine of facts but the author was unable to sort what is important from
miscellaneous. The mix of general european history, business history and family events is by moments
as indigestible as porridge por a non-scot.

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Summary: Way too detailed
Comment: This book was just way too detailed for me. It contains lots of facts and figures about biz
transactions but it is just too much. It was to the point of who cares? Niall Ferguson really did
his home work as far as that is concerned but it made the book boring. To me it felt like it was
written by an accountant. It is the story behind the facts and figures and how they came about which
make for interesting reading. But I have to give him credit for the time he spent putting this book
together is unimaginable.

Having said that I would have enjoyed it more if it had some
stories where they made 1.2 million on this deal or lost 500,000 on that deal but it wasn't there.
Just an accounting at the end of the year saying this was what they had at the end. No exciting
stories like the robber barons trying to take over a railroad or JP Morgan putting together large
trust deals in the US. Although chapter 11, which tells of the Rothschild involvement with mining
and Cecil Rohdes and De Beers was very interesting and by far the the best chapter in the book,
although it was not enough for me to give it a better rating. But that chapter for me made the
book.

I skimmed more of this book then I did the first one. There are a few more
interesting stories in here but not enough to really keep you interested. If you like well written
interesting biographies this is probably not for you.

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Summary: Disappointed:
Comment: I agree with one of the critics that the book had many facts and details that broke up the pace of
the book for me. Ferguson presumes that the reader knows a fair amount about bonds, consuls and
other financial mechanisms. He would have done well to slow down a bit and explain a few of the
terms and concepts. And I think that Ferguson tells an utterly superficial and innocuous history of
the Family. Long awkward sentences make for labored reading. That having been said, this was no
doubt a delicate and ambitious undertaking.

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Summary: The House of Rothschild
Comment: Ferguson insults the purchaser of the Penguin Paperback by omitting the bibliography and only
providing sketchy footnotes. "Serious scholars" who desire these items are advised to buy the
Harcover edition. Other than that, it is a good read

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