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Informationen zum Autor David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. After graduating from New College Oxford, he studied at the London School of Economics. A professional historian, in addition to the four-volume The City of London , his works include King Labour: A History of the British Working Class, 1850-1914 , histories of the Financial Times and the stockbrokers Cazenove & co., and the first two volumes in a planned history of Britain between 1945 and 1979, Austerity Britain, 1945-51 and Family Britain, 1951-57 . David Milner, editor of this volume, was born in 1971. After postgraduate work at university he became an editor for Secker & Warburg at Random House. He now works as a freelance editor for leading publishers, and lives in the Cotswolds with his wife and two children. Klappentext The reviews called it 'A Play to Die For' after the woman was found dead in the front row. It didn't seem so funny the next night! when another body was found. A Kathy Mallory thriller-filled with knife edge suspense and a masterful plotline. Carol O'Connell is one of the finest writers of contemporary thrillers and her books have appeared on bestseller lists across America. Zusammenfassung 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 book 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.
