- Published: 5 July 2022
- ISBN: 9780241388648
- Imprint: Allen Lane
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 448
- RRP: $75.00
The Global Merchants
The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty
- Published: 5 July 2022
- ISBN: 9780241388648
- Imprint: Allen Lane
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 448
- RRP: $75.00
The engrossing story of the meteoric rise and calamitous fall of the Sassoons, set against the backdrop of peak British imperialism ... what a scintillating show it was while it lasted, as this vivid and richly researched book reveals
Justin Marozzi, The Sunday Times
Sassoon's assiduous mining of the archives has produced a family history writ large ... the story of the Sassoons' rise from Ottoman Baghdadis to incalculably wealthy figures of the British Establishment is fascinating
Anne de Courcy, Daily Telegraph
Logan Roy might do well to read The Global Merchants for tips ... a tale of commercial derring-do and dissection of the paperwork, the exigencies of calm, but rapid, decision-making that could could lead to boom or bust
Paul French, South Morning China Post
A tale reminiscent of Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks ... Not only is this a powerful human story but it also carries contemporary resonance in a time when great fortunes are again being made
Stefan Wagstyl, Financial Times
A very readable, sensitive and original account of a remarkable family, deftly weaving together the history of the business, the history of the family and their place in the wider history of Britain, India and China
David Abulafia, Spectator
Methodical, deeply researched and presented with considered care ... Sassoon's book isn't just a marvellous yarn, it's an Ottoman 'Our Crowd' that gives his family its due'
Adam Rathe, The New York Times
A marvellous epitaph to a monumental family, makers of several worlds and keepers of none
Norman Lebrecht, Wall Street Journal