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'Lifts the lid on London gangs of the last two centuries' --THE WEEKLY NEWS
'Lays bare the truth behind the capital's underworld far before the Krays and the Richardsons became well known' --THE WHARF
'Incredible real-life tales' --SOUTHWARK NEWS
'Lays bare the truth behind the capital's underworld far before the Krays and the Richardsons became well-known' --THE WHARF, January 13, 2011
'Incredible real-life tales' --SOUTHWARK NEWS, January 13, 2011
'Lifts the lid on London gangs of the last two centuries' --THE WEEKLY NEWS, February 12, 2011
'Lays bare the truth behind the capital's underworld far before the Krays and the Richardsons became well known' --THE WHARF
'Incredible real-life tales' --SOUTHWARK NEWS
'Lays bare the truth behind the capital's underworld far before the Krays and the Richardsons became well-known' --THE WHARF, January 13, 2011
'Incredible real-life tales' --SOUTHWARK NEWS, January 13, 2011
'Lifts the lid on London gangs of the last two centuries' --THE WEEKLY NEWS, February 12, 2011
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Decades before the Krays, London was plagued by gang warfare as vicious and terrifying as anything that was to come. Territorial tribes fought pitched battles for honour and pride. As the Bethnal Green Boys hunted Hackney's Broadway Boys, Clerkenwell fought Somers Town, the Red Hands haunted Deptford and the Silver Hatchets terrorised Islington. The first ever history of these intriguing street mobs is a riveting journey through the violent underbelly of one of the world's great cities.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Deeply researched history depicting London's gangs from the nineteenth century to the advent of the Richardson and Kray gangs. The Forty Elephants gang of all-female shoplifters and Elephant and Castle Boys are featured along with the Titanic gang from Hoxton, gangs from Clerkenwell, Camden Town, King's Cross, Bethnal Green and other London locations have their histories revealed. Leading gangsters that are briefly mentioned in other books are traced to their roots - Monkey Benneworth, Dodger Mullins, George Sage, Freddie Gilbert and the Sabini and McDonald families have their origins revealed. This is history that has been largely overlooked. It dispels many myths and is essential reading for everyone interested in London's criminal enterprise.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is an interesting read with lots of information on who the gangs were (many names to come to term with!) but I was hoping that there to be more details of their exploits.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I purchased Gangs of London because of a story about female gangs in Victorian England published in the Guardian newspaper. It was a well written article that grabbed the attention and compared today's social context with that of the Victorian era. It quoted this book as the main source. However, having now read the book, I realise that the journalist had only used a few of the facts and added a lots of other research. They had also a much better writing style.
The main problem with the book is that there is very little social context or other background. The biographies of the various villains and gangs are sketchy and jump from one to the next without any real narrative to hold the story together. There are characters mentioned in passing that sound interesting and influential, but are skipped over.
There is enough information in the book to inspire further research into what is a fascinating aspect of England's history. It's just a shame that it's written in a rather amatuerish and unengaging style.
The main problem with the book is that there is very little social context or other background. The biographies of the various villains and gangs are sketchy and jump from one to the next without any real narrative to hold the story together. There are characters mentioned in passing that sound interesting and influential, but are skipped over.
There is enough information in the book to inspire further research into what is a fascinating aspect of England's history. It's just a shame that it's written in a rather amatuerish and unengaging style.
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