Prologue

History:571 and all that

Illustrations

Exchange Rates

London

Cbronology

Acknowledgements 　

London for saleGreat sheikhsArab feverThe name of the gameA taste for itThe black sheikhs of the familyThey also serveThe Arabs are comingSaudi Arabia

A town called Alice in WonderlandThe gilt complexThe factoryAll the king's menA pride of princesA real geezerClimbing on the Bandar waggonPity the poor princessesThe rise of the meritocratsFalling in with the set'You know what Imean?'Banking on a war-h

Playing happy familiesEmerald isle browned offThe blonde in the desert'We're not rich,you know'But can you bank on it?Jaded pieces ⅠJaded pieces ⅡKuwait　

The men who came in from the coldSinging the bluesThe Sellers marketThe odd couplesWays and meansNo exitCrows and peacocksThe thoroughly modern SabahA day in CairoThe thoroughly exceptional SabahNights and knights Gatherings at the country clubThe loner

Nutty present,dotty pastBoredom by the sea Down toward the pirate coastHome with the wives Royal flushThe day disaster struckFrom bad to worseSomething old,something newSomething borrowed,something blueEpilogue

Index