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Masters of the opium trade: the fabulous wealth of the Sassoons

Delving deep into family history, Joseph Sassoon describes the shrewdness and panache of a great entrepreneurial dynasty

Sir Victor Sassoon, owner of the Cathay Hotel, Shanghai, and a highly successful stable of racehorses in the UK. [Alamy]
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  • The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty

    Joseph Sassoon

    Allen Lane, pp. 544, £30

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