ferguson, niall

'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York Times A

A life-affirming tribute to human folly, to fate, and to the miracle of love

Shortlisted for Best Novel in the Irish Book Awards Longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction From the acclaimed author

Shows that a nation's success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, the

What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War? What if Germany had invaded Britain in 1940? What if Nazi Germany had defeated the Soviet Union

Deals with the history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty. This title also shows the portrait of one of the most powerful and fascinating fam

Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a

The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, agein

Is America the new world empire? Presidents from Lincoln to Bush may have denied it but, this book shows, the US is in many ways the greatest imperial

Features the story of Siegmund Warburg: the refugee from Nazi Germany who restored the Blitz-shattered City of London as the world's pre-eminent inter

Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives

Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a

<p>Geen Amerikaans staatsman werd ooit zo bewonderd of gehaat als Henry Kissinger - ook wel bekend als 'de onmisbare man'. Iedere president, van

<p>Dankzij de uitvinding van geld en de daaruit gegroeide wereld van banken, kredieten, obligatiemarkten, verzekeringen etc heeft de mens zich k

<p>Rampen zijn per definitie moeilijk te voorspellen. Net als aardbevingen, bosbranden, financiële crises en oorlogen voldoen pandemieën niet aa

Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empireOnce vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia