Winner of the Lionel Trilling Award
Nominated for the National Book Award
тАЬA major contribution to our understanding of some of the great themes of modern European historyтАФthe relations between Jews and Germans, between economics and politics, between banking and diplomacy.тАЭ тАФJames Joll, The New York Times Book Review
тАЬI cannot praise this book too highly. It is a work of original scholarship, both exact and profound. It restores a buried chapter of history and penetrates, with insight and understanding, one of the most disturbing historical problems of modern times.тАЭ тАФHugh J. Trevor-Roper, London Sunday Times
тАЬ[An] extraordinary book, an invaluable contribution to our understanding of Germany in the second half of the nineteenth century.тАЭ тАФStanley Hoffman, Washington Post Book World
тАЬOne of the most important historical works of the past few decades.тАЭ тАФGolo Mann
тАЬIn many ways this book resembles the great nineteenth-century novels.тАЭ тАФThe Economist