Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater by G. E. Mitton is a topographical and social portrait of the fashionable West London quarters that housed much of the British aristocracy. Mitton traces the history of the great squares and mansions, the families who occupied them, and the social world of the London season.
The book belongs to a series describing the districts of London, and this volume concentrates on the addresses most associated with rank and wealth. It is a useful companion to royal and aristocratic biography, mapping the physical setting in which the titled classes moved. This free EPUB download offers the complete illustrated survey.