{"product_id":"9780525431831","title":"The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAlexander Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e, the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical, comes this definitive biography of the Warburgs, one of the great German-Jewish banking families of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBankers, philanthropists, scholars, socialites, artists, and politicians, the Warburgs stood at the pinnacle of German (and, later, of German-American) Jewry. They forged economic dynasties, built mansions and estates, assembled libraries, endowed charities, and advised a German kaiser and two American presidents. But their very success made the Warburgs lightning rods for anti-Semitism, and their sense of patriotism became increasingly dangerous in a Germany that had declared Jews the enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon Chernow's hugely fascinating history is a group portrait of a clan whose members were renowned for their brilliance, culture, and personal energy yet tragically vulnerable to the dark and irrational currents of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026199888112,"sku":"9780525431831","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780525431831_p0.jpg?v=1763710543","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780525431831","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}