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Anka Muhlstein (born ) is a French historian and biographer.

Early life

Muhlstein was born to Anatol Mühlstein and Diane de Rothschild in Paris in Her older sister was endocrinologist Nathalie Josso, and her younger sister is artist Cécile Muhlstein.^[1][2]

During World War II, she stayed in New York City before returning to France in ^[3] She was married to François Dujarric de la Rivière (), an investment adviser in Paris and son of Marcelle&#;[fr] and René Dujarric de la Rivière, with whom she had two sons, Robert and Stéphane Dujarric,^[4] and whom she later divorced.

In March , she married Louis Begley, a lawyer and author, and moved back to New York with her two sons.^[3]

Career

Muhlstein has been honored twice by the French Academy's prize for history, for her biographies on her ancestor James de Rothschild, the founder of the De Rothschild Frères, and the eighteenth century explorer Cavelier