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Reg Kray

    Deze biografie beschrijft de levens en daden van tweelingbroers Ronald en Reginald Kray, twee prominente figuren in de Londense georganiseerde misdaad. Ze werden de belangrijkste plegers van criminele activiteiten in East London gedurende de jaren '50 en '60. Naast hun betrokkenheid bij talrijke criminele ondernemingen, werden de Kray-tweelingbroers beroemdheden en verkeerden ze met prominente figuren uit de entertainment- en politieke wereld. Hun carrières bereikten een hoogtepunt in 1969 met levenslange gevangenisstraffen na hun veroordelingen.

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    Our Story
    • The Kray twins were Britain's most notorious gangsters. Ruling London's underworld for more than a decade, as gang lords they were among the most powerful and the most feared men in the city. Photographed by David Bailey and even interviewed for television, they became celebrities in their own right and are infamous to this day. Their reign of terror ended on 8th March 1969 when Ronnie and Reg were sentenced to life with the recommendation that they serve at least thirty years. Ronnie ended his days in Broadmoor - his raging insanity only controlled by massive doses of drugs. Reg served almost three decades in some of Britain's toughest jails before being released on compassionate grounds in August 2000. He died of cancer eight months later. Compiled from a series of interviews with Fred Dinenage from behind prison walls, Our Story is the classic account that explodes the myths surrounding the Kray twins. In it, the twins the record straight. In their own words they tell the full story of their brutal careers crime and their years behind bars. With a new introduction from Fred Dinenage, this compelling, disturbing and highly readable book is the definitive story of two legendary criminals.

      Our Story
    • Born Fighter

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      Here, in his own words, is the true story of his life as one half of a criminal double act with his brother Ron, the chilling career of two street- wise kids who became standard-bearers of violence - from fire-bombings to shootings and cold-blooded murder.

      Born Fighter