More than 100 line drawings of floor plans and over 100 black-and-white photographs as well as fascinating mini-histories detail the vital statistics on 73 of New York City's best luxury apartment addresses.

    An analysis of the political, social and economic milieus of the late Middle Ages that engendered Europe's transformation from feudalism to capitalism focusing on the evolution of the medieval businessman and the risks of new markets, trade routes, forms of credit, means of production and new methods of speculation.