Gold and Iron

**Winner of the Lionel Trilling Award**

**Nominated for the National Book Award**

“A major contribution to our understanding of some of the great themes of modern European history—the relations between Jews and Germans, between economics and politics, between banking and diplomacy.” —James Joll, *The New York Times Book Review*

“I cannot praise this book too highly. It is a work of original scholarship, both exact and profound. It restores a buried chapter of history and penetrates, with insight and understanding, one of the most disturbing historical problems of modern times.” —Hugh J. Trevor-Roper, *London Sunday Times*

“[An] extraordinary book, an invaluable contribution to our understanding of Germany in the second half of the nineteenth century.” —Stanley Hoffman, *Washington Post Book World*

“One of the most important historical works of the past few decades.” —Golo Mann

“In many ways this book resembles the great nineteenth-century novels.” — *The Economist*