Serious Money: Walking Plutocratic London - walking plutocratic London

''A latter-day Canterbury Tales ... Serious Money has a serious mission'' The Times

''Eye-opening ... part guide, part indictment of a yawning wealth gap'' Misha Glenny, Financial Times

''A wonderful and vital account of a city ruled by, and for, extreme wealth'' Anna Minton, author of Big Capital

London is a plutocrat''s paradise, with more resident billionaires than New York, Hong Kong or Moscow. Far from trickling down, their wealth is burning up the environment and swallowing up the city. But what do we really know about London''s super rich, and the lives they lead?

To find out more about this secretive, security-heavy elite, sociologist Caroline Knowles walks the streets of London from the City to suburban Surrey, via Kensington, Notting Hill, Mayfair and elsewhere. Her walks reveal how the wealthy shape the capital in their image, creating a new world of gated communities and luxury developments. A move