Table of contents : Genealogy facing title-page Foreword ix Synopsis of "The Rise of the House of Rothschild" xi I. Weathering the Crises of 1830 1 II. The Rothschild Loans in Relation to Home and Foreign Politics, 1832-5, 89 III. The Part Played by the Rothschilds in the Early History of Railways in Europe 83 IV. Differences between the Five Brothers with regard to Spain 117 V. The Rothschilds’ Peace Efforts in the Crisis of 1840 165 VI. The Rothschilds Before and During the Revolution of 1848 213 VII. Fighting for Position with Louis Napoleon, Cavour, and Bismarck 279 VIII. From the Crimean War to the Italian War of 1856 345 IX. The Eventful Years: 1866 and 1870-1 387 Epilogue 429 Notes 467 Bibliography 481 Index 487