1815. In London, everyone awaits with baited breath news from the continent, where Napoleon has returned and is about to engage Britains army. Among the anxious populace are Nathan Rotschild, a banker of growing reputation among the mighty, and his brother Jacob, who is in love with Charlotte a French aristocrat in exile forced to make a living as a courtesan. As the battle soon to be joined at Waterloo will determine the fate of the kingdom, fortunes will be made or unmade
Several generations of a family of bankers weather the tumultuous events of the 19th century. First episode of a historical family saga in six volumes.
