Acknowledgements

 

I would like to thank the many Rothschilds in England and France who helped me with information and pictures; and Lord Rosebery who gave me permission to publish the letter written by his father announcing his engagement to Hannah Rothschild.

I am also grateful to John Curtis and Jonathan Martin at Weidenfeld, for their interest and expertise, and to Mrs Enid Gordon who shepherded the book through its various stages and selected the pictures.

Lastly, my thanks to Mrs Joanna Birt who endlessly re-typed the manuscript.