Description
| Product ID: | 9780750992480 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Vicious, Elegant Bastards |
| Subtitle: | The Truth Behind the Legend of the Krays |
| Authors: | Author: Jacky Hyams |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, True crime, History, Organized crime, True crime, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Organized crime, London, Greater London |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The first book to examine the truth behind the legend of the Krays, written by bestselling Kray family biographer Jacky Hyams They ruled the streets of London in the 1960s. Half a century later, Ronnie and Reggie Kray, unrepentant purveyors of violence and murder, hold more fascination than ever before. Portrayed as charismatic gangsters on the big screen, the saga of the twins, their firm and their thirty-odd years behind bars is one that is determinedly and deliberately embellished with every passing year. Yet it is only recently that the stark, unvarnished truth about the twins has started to emerge after being so cunningly concealed behind the façade of charitable deeds and East End loyalties. Bestselling author Jacky Hyams has carefully re-examined some of the stories, the lies and the myths to reveal a very different portrait of the twins and those closest to them. She reveals the complexity of their relationships and their closest bonds, and contests the police’s belief that Ronnie Kray senselessly murdered ‘one of their own’. Ronnie Kray is said to have described he and his twin as ‘vicious, elegant bastards’. It is one of the few truths ever uttered by either of them. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-03 |
