The private Carlton Club in Mayfair was the apex of London’s shadow aristocracy. Behind its unassuming Georgian facade of black basalt and polished brass lamps lay a subterranean ballroom of gilded arches, crystal chandeliers, and velvet banquettes where the true masters of Europe’s illicit wealth congregated once each winter. Ambassadors, offshore bankers, shipping magnates, and syndicate chieftains mingled over vintage champagne, their real identities veiled beneath bespoke Venetian masquerade masks.…
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