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Harrodsburg by Dougie Wallace. (2017) First edition. First impression. Large format hardback in new condition. No markings. This is a brand new book. Please see pictures. PayPal ac cepted, any questions please get in touch. Flat signed by Dougie Wallace to title page. About Harrodsburg In Harrodsburg, Dougie Wallace looks at the excessive wealth and consumerism that can be found around the Knightsbridge area close to the world famous department store, Harrods. From the mid-1970s onwards, Gulf millionaires began coming to the area. They were later joined by the Oligarchs and the Hedgies, in a phenomenon that now involves all the various tribes of the global super-rich buying up London properties as if they were assets to appreciate in value rather than homes in which to live. The work is a powerful, timely and stark exposé of the emergence of this ultra-affluent elite who are changing the face of the city, pricing out not just ordinary people but even the upper middle class natives of Central London, and marginalising old wealth from their time-honoured habitats. Show more