Word: anka
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BARON JAMES: THE RISE OF THE FRENCH ROTHSCHILDS by Anka Muhlstein Vendome; 223 pages; $17.95 When James Rothschild arrived in Paris in 1811, he headed straight for the most fashionable part of town to rent rooms. At 19 he was leaving behind the suffocating congestion of the Frankfurt ghetto and embracing a city that 20 years earlier had become the first place in Europe to accept Jews without any legal re trictions. Young Rothschild was as drunk on the future as were the Parisians: abandoned the dietary laws, changed name from Jakob to James - Anglicisms were then in style...
...Anka Muhlstein, a Parisian who has written about Proust and Queen Victoria, gives a vivid account of the Rothschild empire, the brothers' enormous shrewdness and energy, their speculations and boundless reserves of money, their private "code" for sensitive business letters, and their swift couriers...
...middle-aged kids and urgent anticipation in today's teens. Paging Peter Gallagher for a spot on American Bandstand - and the Idolmaker makers to put on film the story behind the album that really summarizes their vision of '50s rock 'n' roll: Annette Sings Anka...