- Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson; 6 edition (8 Sep 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330308181
- ISBN-13: 978-0330308182
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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- #22 in Books > Biography > True Crime > Mafia & Organised Crime
- #25 in Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Social Sciences > Law & Disorder > Criminology
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The classic autobiography of the Kray twins, Britain's most notorious gangsters.
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For a decade Reg and Ronnie Kray were the gang lords of the London underworld. Their reign of terror ended on 8 March 1969 when they were sentenced to life in prison, with the recommendation they serve at least thirty years. Ronnie ended his days in Broadmoor, his raging insanity only controlled by massive doses of drugs. Reg served his time in some of Britain's toughest prisons. Compiled from a series of interviews behind prison walls, Our Story is Reg and Ronnie telling their life stories for the first time, exploding the myths that surrounded their exploits. 'A fascinating social document . . . Reg is fiercely, bitterly sane and his stoical endurance . . . has a gloomy dignity which commands respect and makes his and his brother's account of their lives worth reading' Spectator 'An astonishing book . . . you will be astounded by the frankness of the Krays' own chilling story of crime' Sun
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
"Our story" is one of the most fascinating books that I have ever read,totally impossible to put down once you've started. I have read this book about six times.
The book charts the story of the rise and fall of the brothers Kray from the back streets of the East end of London and their promising boxing careers which lasted until the time they are called up for national service with the Royal Fusiliers. But after months of assaulting various guards and NCOs are dishonourably discharged from the army, an amnesty as Ron called it.
We had a pact said Reg "If we couldn't make it as boxers we'd make it as villains" so they set about with their firm to rise through the ranks of organised crime in London to become one of the most notorious criminal gangs Britain has ever seen. This book told in their own words documents the protection rackets ,extortion ,long firm frauds and links with the American mafia. Punctuated with their legal businesses and many clubs that they owned throughout London and the many well known film stars, celebrities and politicians that naturally seemed to congregate around them. Their violent rise to power to control the London underworld in the sixties, mixed with the East End code of conduct that one should not grass or hurt women or children makes them stand out from the usual lawless gangsters and thugs of today.
Reg with his cool business like manner tells how he killed fellow villain Jack "the hat" McVitie and Ron with his unmistakable brand of humour tells of the night he shot and killed George Cornell a rival gang member from the Richardson gang, two murders that were to seal their fate and spend the rest of their lives in prison on thirty year sentences.
It was with great sadness that Reg (the last surviving Kray twin) passed away at the end of 2000 closing a chapter in British criminal history. For I doubt we will ever see another single gang rise so dramatically as to control the London underworld openly under the noses of the politicians with which they mixed.
I have been a fan of the Kray twins for many years and this book was certainly no disappointment, the reader will be enthralled both in its content and the many photographs assembled in it.
The book charts the story of the rise and fall of the brothers Kray from the back streets of the East end of London and their promising boxing careers which lasted until the time they are called up for national service with the Royal Fusiliers. But after months of assaulting various guards and NCOs are dishonourably discharged from the army, an amnesty as Ron called it.
We had a pact said Reg "If we couldn't make it as boxers we'd make it as villains" so they set about with their firm to rise through the ranks of organised crime in London to become one of the most notorious criminal gangs Britain has ever seen. This book told in their own words documents the protection rackets ,extortion ,long firm frauds and links with the American mafia. Punctuated with their legal businesses and many clubs that they owned throughout London and the many well known film stars, celebrities and politicians that naturally seemed to congregate around them. Their violent rise to power to control the London underworld in the sixties, mixed with the East End code of conduct that one should not grass or hurt women or children makes them stand out from the usual lawless gangsters and thugs of today.
Reg with his cool business like manner tells how he killed fellow villain Jack "the hat" McVitie and Ron with his unmistakable brand of humour tells of the night he shot and killed George Cornell a rival gang member from the Richardson gang, two murders that were to seal their fate and spend the rest of their lives in prison on thirty year sentences.
It was with great sadness that Reg (the last surviving Kray twin) passed away at the end of 2000 closing a chapter in British criminal history. For I doubt we will ever see another single gang rise so dramatically as to control the London underworld openly under the noses of the politicians with which they mixed.
I have been a fan of the Kray twins for many years and this book was certainly no disappointment, the reader will be enthralled both in its content and the many photographs assembled in it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
What a read!! A real insight into the lives of The Krays and how the are missunderstood by many as bullies. This book is a real 'warts and all' insight into the life of the Krays inside and out of prison. What will shock you is their brutal honesty of what they have done and where they are now (at the time they wrote the book), being resigned to the fact they will never be released from prison they do not sugar coat any stories, they tell it how it happened. This brilliant book really is a must read. What will suprise and undoubtable impress you is the fact that with the Krays it was never personal, purely business and they make no bones about it. Feared by many you cant help but read this book and have the upmost respect for 2 people who were not only gentleman but in their eyes treated man fairly, and 2 men who rightly or wrongly paid the ultimate punishment for their crimes.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A super read with a grity story line I am now a mega fan of this kind of book will read more and more about the Krays super buy excellent price from Amazon yet again.
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Excellent Read
Bought this book for my husbands birthday. Excellent condition even though it was second hand. He is not a big reader but he really enjoyed this book and read it in two days. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Annmarie Smith
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i begin at the start.
this is the only book ever wrote by the twins,the only one,it tells the truth of what they did,not what people thought or wondered what they did,this is... Read more
this is the only book ever wrote by the twins,the only one,it tells the truth of what they did,not what people thought or wondered what they did,this is... Read more
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The book arrived just before Christmas after taking a couple of weeks from date of ordering. For a second hand book it was in very good condition.
Published 17 months ago by Mary Munro
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This book is a great read. I found it to be informative, homest and funny. The story flowed smoothly and I particualrly liked that the reader had Reg's and then Ron's version of... Read more
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