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The Romance of the Rothschilds (1915) Balla Ignác or Ignatius Balla (1885-1976; Hungarians list their last name first), Nathan Rothschild took Balla (a Hungarian poet, essayist, short story writer, translator, editor, and journalist who later became an Italian citizen) to court to try to stop this book from being published on the grounds certain things were not true and libelous, but the court agreed they were true; 310pp., pb., with added illustrations; 20.00 + P&H.