"The saga of the German-Jewish immigrants-with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Lehman and Seligman-who built the modern American finance system and shaped the world economy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sons of Wichita. Joseph Seligman arrived in the United States in 1837, with the equivalent of $100 sewn into the lining of his pants. Then came Henry and Emanuel Lehman, who would open a general store in Montgomery,...

Volume 1: Constant dread and stubborn resistance... fury and innocence... darkness and final shreds of hope... In medieval Western Europe, life is a complex, fearsome maze, and the Jewish communities there are struggling to survive. In the small, quiet town of Colmar, the Jews are enduring the rule of a heartless governor. Far away in the city of Frankfurt, the Jewish community is shunning Johannes, the Jew who betrayed his faith. And somewhere, in...

"Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where, historically, empires clashed and sieges from the east toppled kingdoms and enslaved peoples. Many view the region-comprising present-day Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, and Romania, among other countries-as united only by the shared experience of invasions launched by foreign powers, from the Huns of the fourth century, to the Swedes of the seventeenth, to...