The Krays: A Violent Business
Title | The Krays: A Violent Business PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Fry |
Publisher | Random House |
Total Pages | 260 |
Release | 2011-05-05 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1845968077 |
Twins Ron and Reg Kray were without doubt the most powerful, violent and deadly gangsters that London has ever known. They ran protection rackets, clubs and casinos, as well as fraudulent 'long firms'. They blackmailed, intimidated and killed - for many years with impunity thanks to their powerful cronies in the Establishment. Working with all five main Mafia families in New York, they were expanding their business worldwide when they were imprisoned for murder in 1968. Featuring revealing new material, The Krays: A Violent Business is the story of their lives - and of the secrets and scandals the British government still doesn't want you to know about.
The Profession of Violence
Title | The Profession of Violence PDF eBook |
Author | John Pearson |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 2013-03-25 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1448211409 |
The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, LEGEND, starring Tom Hardy. Reggie and Ronald Kray ruled London's gangland during the 1960s with a ruthlessness and viciousness that shocks even now. Building an empire of organised crime such as nobody has done before or since, the brothers swindled, intimidated, terrorised, extorted and brutally murdered. John Pearson explores the strange relationship that bound the twins together, and charts their gruesome career to their downfall and imprisonment for life in 1969. Now expanded to include further extraordinary revelations, including the unusual alliance between the Kray twins and Lord Boothby – the Tory peer who won £40,000 in a libel settlement when he denied allegation of his association with the Krays – The Profession of Violence is a truly classic work. John Pearson is also the author of All the Money in the World (previously titled Painfully Rich), now a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott film and starring Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg and Christopher Plumber (nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor).
Doing the Business - The Final Confession of the Senior Kray Brother
Title | Doing the Business - The Final Confession of the Senior Kray Brother PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Kray |
Publisher | Kings Road Publishing |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2011-02-07 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 1843584425 |
The final confessions of the senior Kray brother. Only one man knew everything about Ronnie and Reggie Kray and that was their brother Charlie. Until now nobody has ever revealed the truth about the Firm.• Gossip and rumor have been rife, fact has blended into fiction and the unwritten law of the street meant that the real story was buried. But before his death, the eldest Kray brother, Charlie, decided to set the record straight once and for all. Revealing everything to Colin Fry, his co-author, he finally told his incredible story. By the man who knew them best, this is the ultimate history of the twins who ruled the East End with their peculiar blend of seductive glamour and terrifying violence.
Doing the Business
Title | Doing the Business PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Fry |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 215 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Crime |
ISBN | 9781856850377 |
Written with the co-operation of Reggie, Ronnie and Charlie Kray, Colin Fry exposes the deals and racket conducted by the evil 'firm' during the 60s. Astonishing new revelations about the secret meets with the Mafia and the co-operation between Mafia bosses and the brothers explains the urgent police operation to put the Krays behind bars.
Our Story
Title | Our Story PDF eBook |
Author | Reginald Kray |
Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2015-08-27 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 0283072431 |
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. The Kray twins were Britain's most notorious gangsters. Ruling London's underworld for more than a decade, as gang lords they were among the most powerful and feared men in the city. Photographed by David Bailey and even interviewed for television, they became celebrities in their own right and are infamous to this day. Ronnie and Reg's reign of terror ended on 8 March 1969 when they were sentenced to life with the recommendation that they serve at least thirty years. Ronnie ended his days in Broadmoor – his raging insanity only controlled by massive doses of drugs. Reg served almost three decades in some of Britain's toughest jails before being released on compassionate grounds in August 2000. He died of cancer eight months later. Compiled from a series of interviews with Fred Dinenage from behind prison walls, Our Story is the classic account that explodes the myths surrounding the Kray twins. In it, the twins set the record straight. In their own words they tell the full story of their brutal career of crime and their years behind bars. With an introduction from Fred Dinenage, this compelling, disturbing and highly readable book is the definitive story of two legendary criminals.
The Twins - Men of Violence
Title | The Twins - Men of Violence PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Kray |
Publisher | Kings Road Publishing |
Total Pages | 130 |
Release | 2012-01-31 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 1782191607 |
Ron and Reg. Violent men who brought a code of honour to the streets that is still observed today. Their deaths bring to an end the golden era of gangsters whose word was law and whose ferocity maintained the order of the streets...Nobody knew the twins like Kate Kray. Married to Ron before his death, she was granted unique access into the shadowy world they inhabited, and was entrusted with some of the darkest secrets they possessed - secrets that could never be revealed until they were both dead. Now, with the help of thoughts and anecdotes from the people who knew the twins best, Kate has documented once and for all the life of the world's most famous gangsters, and filled in the gaps with the facts that could not be revealed until now. Gangsters, actors, East End faces - everyone who is anyone in the Firm is here, thanks to Kate's unique access and influence. And in this remarkable book, the Krays' chief torturer, the man who was with them on the night they were arrested, has broken his silence for the very first time.
The Krays and Me - Blood, Honour and Respect. Doing Porridge with The Krays
Title | The Krays and Me - Blood, Honour and Respect. Doing Porridge with The Krays PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Bronson |
Publisher | Kings Road Publishing |
Total Pages | 191 |
Release | 2007-04-30 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 178219245X |
Two names reigned supreme in London's underworld in the sixties - Ronnie and Reggie Kray; and it wasn't until 1969 that the twins went down at Brixton Prison for murder. I was only seventeen, on remand up in Risley, Warrington, for nicking a furniture lorry. Most of the lads in there had newspaper photos of the Krays stuck up on their cell walls. They were the cream of the criminal crop, and that's why I took such an interest in 'em. Once I was put away, it wasn't long before I got to meet them, and over the next 29 years I got closer to the Krays than any self-proclaimed henchman, any autograph hunter. As their trusted friend they let me in on it all - no holds barred behind bars! Since Ronnie and Reggie died, all I've heard is a load of bollocks! 'Reggie shot my cat; Ronnie stabbed my uncle Bert 75 times; Reggie ran over my hamster; I'm Ronnie's son, I'm Reggie's daughter.' Gutless maggots spreading rumours with their sham stories for sale. The shameless rats. Well now the twins are gone and I can talk. And let me tell you, I've got a lot to say and all the time in the world to say it. No bollocks. No silly stories. Just the facts about the time I spent doing porridge with the Krays.