This book provides a collective

biography of the Mond family and explores the philanthropic activities of

Ludwig Mond and of his two sons Alfred and Robert in the field of art

collecting, the fight against early childhood mortality, the advancement of research

and of higher education, archaeological excavations in Egypt and Palestine,

and for the founding of the State of Israel from the 1890s to the late 1930s.

These activities resulted in the creation of the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome,

the donation of Ludwig Mond's art collection to the National Gallery in London, the

funding of the excavation of
the sacred Buchis Bulls at Armant in Egypt,

the establishment of the Children's Hospital in London, and the support of many

natural science institutes and associations in England, France, Germany, and

Italy.