Villains' Paradise: A History of Britain's Underworld
Donald Thomas
Thomas has excelled himself. An important and riveting study in social history, it also has a very pertinent relevance in the crime-riddled society that is Britain today.-The Sunday Times (London) A magnificent book. Beautifully written, utterly compelling: almost without fault in every respect.-The Literary Review Venturing into the urban underbelly of postwar Britain, and especially of London, this riveting true-crime chronicle explores the shadowy ganglands where for twenty-five years armed robbery, prostitution, vice, and drugs flourished under racketeer kings.
The war ended, but rations didn't. Austerity persisted, and privations belied promises of an economically and socially sunlit future for post-war Britain. Only the black market thrived. Why and how the epidemic of criminal activity swept through Britain in the 25 years following the Second World War set the historical stage in this compelling, colorful true-crime chronicle for some of the last century's most infamous felons and crimes. It charts the paths of crooks and thugs who stole, collected, peddled, pimped, and killed by their sobriquets: the Velvet Kid, Johnny the Gent, the Monkey, the Professor, the Ferret, the Hat, Big Albert, Jack Spot, and the Krays. In a vivid, riveting narrative, this absorbing social history of Britain's underworld reopens the files on criminal cases.
The war ended, but rations didn't. Austerity persisted, and privations belied promises of an economically and socially sunlit future for post-war Britain. Only the black market thrived. Why and how the epidemic of criminal activity swept through Britain in the 25 years following the Second World War set the historical stage in this compelling, colorful true-crime chronicle for some of the last century's most infamous felons and crimes. It charts the paths of crooks and thugs who stole, collected, peddled, pimped, and killed by their sobriquets: the Velvet Kid, Johnny the Gent, the Monkey, the Professor, the Ferret, the Hat, Big Albert, Jack Spot, and the Krays. In a vivid, riveting narrative, this absorbing social history of Britain's underworld reopens the files on criminal cases.
년:
2006
언어:
english
페이지:
506
ISBN 10:
1933648171
ISBN 13:
9781933648170
파일:
PDF, 90.43 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2006
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