num_pages: 752
description: David Kynaston's ground-breaking history of the City of London published in four volumes between 1994 and 2001 is a modern classic. Skilfully edited into a single volume by David Milner it tells a story as dramatic as any novel while explaining the mysteries of the financial world in a way that we can all understand.This is a story of booms busts and bankruptcies dress codes eating habits pay humour changing architecture and the unique culture of the Square Mile which brings us up to the modern age.
language: English
title: City of London, 1815-2000
publisher: Chatto & Windus