Notorious

Description:

After the Kray twins were jailed in 1969 for thirty years for murder, Pearson's biography The Profession of Violence enjoyed a cult following among the young and was said to be the most popular book in H.M.'s prisons, after the Bible. Even after their deaths, public fascination with the twins has never flagged. Why? This is the question Pearson asked himself, and over the past three years he has been re-examining their history, unearthing much previously unknown material, and has come to some fascinating conclusions.

subjects: Organized crime,  Criminals,  Biography,  History,  Kray, reginald, 1933-2000,  Criminals, great britain,  Criminals, biography

People: Ronald Kray (1933-1995),  Reginald Kray (1933-2000)

Places: England,  Great Britain,  London

Times: 20th century