A refugee from Hitler's Germany, Siegmund Warburg rose to become the dominant figure in the postwar City of London and one of the architects of European financial integration. In this pathbreaking biography, based on more than ten thousand hitherto unavailable letters and diary entries, bestselling author Niall Ferguson tells the story of Warburg, an extraordinary man whose life and work suggest an alternative to the troubled business principles that helped shape our current financial landscape. Higher Financier will be of strong interest to readers who find financial news interesting and are looking for a broader perspective on the geopolitics of finance, in particular Britain and the European bond market.