The Krays A Violent Business: The Definitive Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Brothers in Crime

by Fry, Colin

• ISBN13: 9781845967741
• ISBN10: 1845967747
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-23
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing

Summary

Ron and Reg Kray, the most notorious and vicious gangsters Britain has ever produced, used everything and everyone to get what they wanted u and if anyone got in their way, then they would get in his. That meant getting rid of the competition. Violence was a part of their trade u both in and out of the boxing ring. They used it, or the threat of it, throughout their lives. This book unravels the complex lives of the three Kray brothers, the true extent of their crimes, the duplicitous dealings of Ron and reg even from behind prison bars. It looks at why Charlie Kray turned to drugs as his only salvation and examines the reasons why some have found the Krays fatally attractive. The Krays: A Violent Business strips away the myths that have grown up around the brothers, going behind the scenes to lay bare the tactics the twins used to ensure they succeeded against all the odds. Painting a vivid picture of the brothers' world, it exposes how they rose to the top of the criminal tree u how they became the biggest, the best, the most notorious criminals of all time.

Author Biography

Colin Fry (Author) : Colin Fry was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, like Ron and Reg Kray an identical twin. He worked in the film and music industries before turning to writing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
Introduction: The Early Years	p. 15
Your Country Needs You: Privates on Parade	p. 29
A Tradition of Gang Warfare	p. 35
Trying to Stay Out of Jail	p. 53
Playing the Celebrity Game	p. 63
In Bed with the Mafia	p. 79
Twins Ron and Reg Kray	p. 109
The Krays and The Beatles	p. 129
The Kray Myth	p. 137
The Death of 'The Mad Axeman' Frank Mitchell	p. 145
The End of Freddie Mills	p. 151
Lord Robert Boothby and Ron Kray	p. 157
Getting Charlie Kray Out of Nigeria	p. 167
The Magic Bullet	p. 185
Murder Incorporated	p. 187
Ron Kray and the Killing of George Cornell	p. 191
The Death of Frances Kray	p. 195
Reg Kray and the Death of Jack 'The Hat' McVitie	p. 201
Life Behind Bars	p. 205
Business as Usual Inside 'Nick'	p. 217
The Funeral of Ron Kray	p. 237
'Gotcha': The Capture of Charlie Kray	p. 243
The Krays and their Women	p. 263
The Death of Charlie Kray	p. 279
The Death of Reg Kray	p. 287
Stories from the Grave: Paedophilia	p. 299
Stories from the Grave: Ashes to Ashes	p. 311
Stories from the Grave: Spies, Lies and Naked Thighs	p. 319
The End of the Line	p. 327
Epilogue	p. 331
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