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BOOK 1: A hardback copy of ”THE KRAY BROTHERS: THE IMAGE SHATTERED” by Craig Cabell
In order to shatter the image of the Kray brothers, one must first strip away their celebrity status and take a look inside the sharp suits to expose the true characteristics of London’s most notorious gangsters. Since 1995, the journalist Craig Cabell has been researching the lives of the Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie. Following a meeting with their older brother, Charlie, shortly after Ronnie’s funeral, Cabell became intrigued by all the myths and legends surrounding the Krays. This book is a fascinating study, based on research at the Public Records Office and on interviews with those who formed the Krays’ inner circle . It details the criminal lives of the twins up to their incarceration for the murders of Jack The Hat McVitie and George Cornell. It also examines their time in prison, the conspiracies surrounding them, and the official line that states that the Krays never showed any remorse for their crimes, that they were single-minded, and that they were made an example of. Cabell delivers a step-by-step account of the murders committed by these two villains and describes the killing of Mad Axeman Frank Mitchell. He discusses the likelihood of other murders that they may have been responsible for, and finally lays to rest any argument for the alleged murder by Ronnie of Reggie’s wife, Frances. This book presents the unglamorous truth, where inaccuracy and sensationalism have previously been the accepted version. With the use of previously unpublished photographs and detailed interviews with those close to the Kray brothers, the author analyzes London’s most notorious criminal family, and lays to rest many of the myths surrounding the infamous twins.
BOOK 2: A hardback copy of ”OUR STORY” by Reg Kray, Ron Kray, and Fred Dineage
The Kray twins were convicted of murder in 1969 and sentenced to a minimum of 30 years. Ron Kray is in Broadmoor and fears he will never be released and Reg, recently transferred from Parkhurst to Gartree feels that he has been punished enough. In this autobiography the twins, by turns, take over the narrative and set out exactly what happened, when and why and try to explode some of the myths that surround them. As two of the most notorious criminals in British history – once gangland leaders who terrorized the London underworld, they tell of their childhood in the East End of London which was fashioned by a father constantly on the run, a climate of street crime and war-time black-marketing and the devotion of their mother. Early brushes with the law and their skills as young boxers led to eventual domination of Protection in East London. In the 1960s they achieved a sort of celebrity with their move west when they opened a nightclub in Mayfair and their much-publicised fund raising work for youth clubs. At that time film stars, socialites and politicians were pleased to be photographed by them. However, south of the river was the Richardson family and it was warfare when one side trespassed into the other gang’s territory. Also described are the events leading up to their Old Bailey trial and imprisonment. They write of the easy springing of Frank Mitchell from Dartmoor and hint at his whereabouts today and Ron writes of the murder of George Cornell and Reg of his killing of Jack the Hat McVitie.