High Financier

The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg

Niall Ferguson

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Penguin
28 June 2011

Biography; Biography: business & industry; History

'Beautifully paced, dramatically subtle and psychologically shrewd, this is Ferguson at his finest' Peter Stormonth Darling, Spectator

In this groundbreaking biography, based on more than 10,000 hitherto unavailable letters and diary entries, Niall Ferguson returns to his roots as a financial historian to tell the story of the extraordinary Siegmund Warburg.

A refugee from Hitler's Germany, Warburg rose to become the dominant figure in the post-war City of London and one of the architects of European financial integration.

Seared by events in the 1930s, when the long-established Warburg bank was first almost destroyed by the Depression and then 'Aryanized' by the Nazis, Warburg was determined that his own bank would learn from the past and contribute to the economic recovery of Britain, the unity of Western Europe and the birth of globalization.

Siegmund Warburg was a complex and ambivalent man, as much a psychologist, politician and actor-manager as a banker.

In High Financier Niall Ferguson reveals Warburg's idiosyncracies but above all he recaptures the meticulous business methods and strict ethical code that set Warburg apart from the mere speculators and traders who inhabit today's financial world.

By: Niall Ferguson
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9780141022017
ISBN 10: 0141022019
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 28 June 2011
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians and the author of a sequence of bestselling books, the most recent being The Ascent of Money and Civilization.

Reviews for High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg

Beautifully paced, dramatically subtle and psychologically shrewd, this is Ferguson at his finest -- Peter Stormonth Darling * Spectator * Ferguson is a talented writer, capable of grace and insight, but it is his ability as a historian that shows most strongly in High Financier -- T. J. Stiles * The Washington Post Sunday * Its many finance lessons aside, High Financier is a pleasure to read simply as a work of literary skill. It is not only prodigiously researched but also splendidly written-clear and vivid and precise, perhaps even of enough merit to satisfy a word-stickler like Siegmund Warburg * Wall Street Journal * A timely, original and engaging biography of Siegmund Warburg -- Sathnam Sanghera * The Times * This book is both a notable contribution to economic history and a fascinating portrait -- Geoffrey Owen * Telegraph *