Charlotte and Lionel: a Rothschild love story

Traces the arranged marriage of Charlotte and Lionel Rothschild, their love for each other, Charlotte's success as a great chatelaine of the Victorian era, and Lionel's rise as England's leading financier.

  • OCLC #: 50511533
  • ISBN #:
    • 0743226860
    • 9780743226868
  • Call #: CT788.R64W45 2003
  • Physical Location: Special Collections — Books Storage — CT788.R64
  • Publisher: New York : Free Press, ©2003.
  • Physical Description: xviii, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Contents:
    • Investing in a bride, 1808-1836
    • A wedding in the cousinhood, 1836
    • Charlotte in exile, 1836-1839
    • The world intrudes, 1839-1846
    • "The Jew bill," 1846-1850
    • Oaths and elections, 1850-1858
    • Kingston House, 1858-1863
    • Piccadilly House, 1863-1866
    • Losses, 1866-1870
    • Enduring, 1870- 1874
    • Suez and after, 1874-1879
    • Epilogue: duet for one, 1879-1884.
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