The First Mrs. Rothschild by Sara Aharoni

She knew her place as a woman (it was the 18th century), knew when to keep quiet and when to say what she thinks. Anyone who wanted to pour out his heart to someone, would come to her kitchen. I found a very special woman: a modest, intelligent woman with a big heart, giving, helping each person. I collected all the details into a chart which turned into a puzzle I could piece together to discover her character. Every piece of information I found was like a diamond. So, I continued to read and find details about Gutle. During my research I discovered that historians wrote a lot about the founder and his five children, and very little about his wife, Gutle, and her daughters. I wanted to place the wife in the center of the scene. Host: I certainly can understand being intrigued by the family’s founder however, your book is written through the eyes of his wife, Gutle. This inspired me to write the novel about the founder of the Rothschild family. I continued reading and reached the roots of the Baron, his grandfather, Meir Amschel (or Mayer Anshel, it’s the same) Rothschild, who lived in the Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt and raised the family from a state of dire poverty to a great wealth. I started to read books about Rothschild, and the more I read, the more I felt like writing a novel about him. The visit was intense and aroused in me the desire to get to know him more deeply. The idea of writing this book was born from my visit to the agricultural settlements in Israel under the patronage of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the well-known philanthropist. The story takes place between the years of 1770 to 1849 from the marriage of Gutle to Meir Amschel Rothschild, until her death at the age of 96. It presents the life story of the Rothschild family in the Judengasse (the Alley of the Jews) in Frankfurt, who rose from extreme poverty to a global economic empire. Rothschild, has been translated into English and distributed by Amazon Crossing. As an Israeli, born and living in Israel, I write my historical novels in Hebrew, and I am happy that my book, The First Mrs.

Kol hakavod! Please set the stage for this project. You have done a remarkable job bringing this family to life for me. The Rothschilds, the Montefiores…what these family were able to accomplish under that level of persecution and oppression is mind boggling! Let’s find out more. As you all know by now, I am fascinated with this time period. I have read this work and found it inspiring and thought-provoking. Aharoni received the Steimatzky Prize for Best-Selling Book of the Year. Rothschild), went instantly to the top of the Israeli bestseller list. Rothschild’s Love (the English title is The First Mrs.

She has also published six children’s books. Together with her husband, Meir Aharoni, Sara wrote, edited and published a series of books about Israel, including six in English.

The First Mrs. Rothschild by Sara Aharoni