description: In the 1960s, London’s gangland was ruled by two men: Reggie and Ronnie Kray. Building an empire of crime by intimidation, extortion, and terror on a scale never seen before or since, they feted stars of stage and screen, sportsmen, and even politicians to gain the respectability they craved.On the March 17, 1995, Ronnie Kray died suddenly of a heart attack while serving a life sentence for murder. His funeral was watched by over 50,000 people. Five years later, Reggie Kray died of cancer, thus closing a particularly dark chapter in the history of London's underworld.Read by acclaimed actor Martin Shaw, this is the true story of their rise and fall.
language: English
title: Profession of Violence: the Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins
titlecomplete: Profession of Violence: the Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins
genres: Historical, Biography, Mystery, Nonfiction, Adult, Autobiography, Crime, History, True Crime
ratings_count: 2064
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Fact Crime
publisher: Sanctuary Publishing