Joseph Sassoon, born in Baghdad, is Professor of History and Political Economy and Director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University. He is also a Senior Associate Member at St Antony's College, Oxford and a Trustee of the Bodleian Library. His previous books include the prize-winning Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party, The Iraqi Refugees and The Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics.
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 *
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 *
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 *
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
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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 *
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