Table of contents : Foreword Synopsis of "The Rise of the House of Rothschild" I. Weathering the Crises of 1830 II. The Rothschild Loans in Relation to Home and Foreign Politics, 1832-5, III. The Part Played by the Rothschilds in the Early History of Railways in Europe IV. Differences between the Five Brothers with regard to Spain V. The Rothschilds’ Peace Efforts in the Crisis of 1840 VI. The Rothschilds Before and During the Revolution of 1848 VII. Fighting for Position with Louis Napoleon, Cavour, and Bismarck VIII. From the Crimean War to the Italian War of 1856 IX. The Eventful Years: 1866 and 1870-1 Epilogue Bibliography