The profession of violence
Subtitle: the rise and fall of the Kray twins
By: John Pearson
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: William Collins
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780008150280; 9780008150273
Subjects: Organized crime; Gangsters; Criminals; Twins; Biography
Description: "Reggie and Ronnie Kray ruled London?s gangland during the 60s with a ruthlessness and viciousness that shocks even now. Building an empire of organised crime that has never been matched, the brothers swindled, extorted and terrorised? while enjoying a glittering celebrity status at the heart of the swinging 60s scene, until their downfall and imprisonment for life."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1.Violet's Twins; title: 2.Battle Training; title: 3.The Billiard Hall; title: 4.The Colonel; title: 5.Gun Time; title: 6.Twins Apart; title: 7.Flight from Long Grove; title: 8.Comeback for the Colonel; title: 9.Barn of Gold; title: 10.Organized Crime; title: 11.Twins Victorious; title: 12.A Marriage in the Family; title: 13.Axe Man; title: 14.The Murder Machine; title: 15.Nipper's Secret War; title: 16.Arrest; title: 17.Retribution.