The Sassoons : the great global merchants and the making of an empire
by Sassoon, Joseph (Author)
Summary
"A spectacular story, the making of a dynasty, one of the great untold sagas of a gilded Jewish Bagdadi family-the merchant princes of the orient, that built a vast empire through finance and trade: opium, cotton, oil, shipping, banking, that reached across three continents, and ultimately changed t... Full description
- Baghdad Beginnings, 1802-1830
- Exile and a New Life, 1831-1838
- Wars and Opportunities, 1839-1857
- Branching Out, 1858-1864
- Death and Division, 1864-1867
- Competition within the Family, 1867-1871
- London Calling, 1872-1880
- High Society, 1880-1894
- The Matriarch, 1895-1901
- A New Century, 1902-1914
- War and Uncertainty, 1914-1924
- From Bombay to Shanghai, 1925-1949
- The Final Countdown, 1949-1982.