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Profession of Violence: Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins (Paperback)

by John Pearson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; 4Rev Ed edition (9 Jan 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006383718
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006383710
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 85,058 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Reggie and Ronald Kray ruled London's gangland during the 1960s with a ruthlessness and viciousness that shocks even now. This book has been expanded to include further material on such matters as Lord Boothby's close relationship with the killer twins.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The template for the Long Firm, 14 Sep 1999
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Deadbeat account of the rise and fall of the Krays, most famous of the post-war London gangsters. A must for anyone curious as to the underside of 1960's London, the East End, and the source for the white hot poker incident, killing of Jack the Hat and other incidents recounted in the Long Firm.
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4.0 out of 5 stars very compelling, very direct, 7 May 2000
Very good account of the Kray twins rise to power, and thier fall. Very insightful. It does fall down a bit at the end by belaboring the obvious and trying to explain them in broad sociological terms. And earlier on in the book, one gets the feeling the author has identified a little too strongly with the Krays and glories a little in their successes.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Want to know what the Krays were really like???, 3 Oct 2001
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Fantastic - I was given this as a present and its one of my favourite books ever. It toes the line between admiration and revulsion for the twins and their lifestyle. Well-researched and brilliantly written by a journalist initially approached by the Krays (just prior to their arrest) to write their life story. Little did he know what he had stumbled on! It records the lives of the twins in extraordinary detail, minus all those sensational headlines. It tries to explain how they became what they were, and gives a real sense of the bizarre double standards of the old East End. I was hooked.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Kray Book So Far
I have read all the books about Reg & Ron and without doubt this is the best of the bunch.
The author gets inside the minds of the twins and shows that both were into the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr Presley

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't believe it can be true
The story of how two working class boys from the East End rose to become two of the most powerful men in Britain is quite astonishing. Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2007 by Tony Jackson

5.0 out of 5 stars So good I've read it about four times now
This book was written in the 60's when the Krays were still at large so there are obvious inaccuracies as Mr Kirby points out. Read more
Published on 15 April 2007 by Mr. J. E. Traquair

3.0 out of 5 stars Rather short on accuracy
Mr. Pearson has a very attractive style of writing (his biography of Ian Fleming is very readable) but dear me, he's not too strong on accuracy. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2006 by Mr. R. D. M. Kirby

5.0 out of 5 stars the shocking truth
if your interested in the the krays than this book is a must, the book tells the shocking truth about gangland london in the 60`s and how the kray twins ruled london by fear and... Read more
Published on 25 May 2000 by willett1rj@aol.com

5.0 out of 5 stars True to life, no holds barred,gritty & realistic
Given that the Kray twins have spent the best years of their lives in prison, this will tell you as precisly as possible what the Kray Twins were about. Read more
Published on 12 April 2000

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