East End Gangland - Hardcover

Morton, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316853240 ISBN 13: 9780316853248

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, 2000

Synopsis

The East End crimeworld has always held a malign fascination for the general public. In this book, James Morton looks at this phenomenon from the days of the unsolved murders committed by Jack the Ripper, through the 1960s when the Kray Twins held the reins of the underworld, to the present and the changing structure of crimes and criminal gangs. The book looks not only at the twins but also at the influx of immigrant gangs of the 1900s, the powerful Chinese drug dealers of the 1920s, the racecourse gangs, the men who ran crime on the docks, and organized prostitution throughout the century to the major drug dealers of today.

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Review:

A refreshing change from those that examine only the life of the Kray family. A fascinating read (SUNDERLAND ECHO)

A fascinating look behind closed lock-up doors...a book that will prove essential reading for anyone who thinks they know East London. (EVENING STANDARD)

Morton's account...destroys quaint ideas about crime. (BIG ISSUE)

The tales are told with a flourish in a fascinating, useful and lively history (THE TIMES)

Book Description:

* Two in one, value-for-money omnibus edition

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0316853240
• ISBN 13: 9780316853248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400