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Item Details
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GANGLAND SOHO
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| By: |
James Morton |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£18.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0749951672 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780749951672 |
| Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
27 March, 2008 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Behind the fashionable bars and clubs of Soho lies a fascinating history of criminal activity. This work portrays the crimes and criminals that have given Soho its infamous reputation, including: the vicious Kray - Richardson gang; a Second World War Jack the Ripper; and, the shooting in the streets of Soho of gangster Jack Spot. |
| Synopsis: |
Behind the fashionable bars and clubs of Soho lies a fascinating history of criminal activity, featuring some of London's most notorious gangsters.From the razor gangs of the 1920s to the post-war gangleaders Billy Hill and Jack Spot; from the pre-war French pimps and the Messina brothers to the Albanian gangs, through to the thriving Soho of today, the area has been a Mecca for thieves, conmen, drug dealers, notorious pimps and crooked lawyers. James Morton vividly portrays the crimes and criminals that have given Soho its infamous reputation, including: u The vicious Kray-Richardson gangu A Second World War Jack the Ripperu The shooting in the streets of Soho of gangster Jack Spotu The gangland murder of boxer Freddie Mills. |
| Illustrations: |
Section: 8, b/w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Piatkus Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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