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The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins
- Narrated by: Martin Shaw
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
Heroes or villains? You decide....
In the 1960s, London’s gangland was ruled by two men: Reggie and Ronnie Kray. Building an empire of crime by intimidation, extortion, and terror on a scale never seen before or since, they feted stars of stage and screen, sportsmen, and even politicians to gain the respectability they craved.
On the March 17, 1995, Ronnie Kray died suddenly of a heart attack while serving a life sentence for murder. His funeral was watched by over 50,000 people. Five years later, Reggie Kray died of cancer, thus closing a particularly dark chapter in the history of London's underworld.
Read by acclaimed actor Martin Shaw, this is the true story of their rise and fall.
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- Alastair
- 23-09-16
Excellent
Martin Shaw reads this and makes it for me
He describes in his tone what is going on more believable and I enjoyed the listen very much
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- matt torgersen
- 05-02-19
Not bad
the tv stories and news reports are better.. lots of things in this book am not sure really happened and the stuff that did not much detail on it
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- Alan Wall
- 26-06-15
Story telling at its best
Martin shaw brings a frank and unbiased account of the Kay twins to life. No glorification of the twins just facts told in a fascinating way
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- Phil Wain
- 11-01-21
Comprehensive
Feels like you are told most things. Told in a straightforward way. Not much I didn’t like about it. I’ve read a lot of Krays books to compare. Could maybe go into the personal life’s more. Francis is a bit ignored which is a shame.
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- karen G.
- 20-02-23
a very good audio
very well documented
the truth being known is a good thing and in this case excellent
without the usual drama gossip and lies.
The only thing i found very not nessarsary was 1950's rock music at end of each chapter
very annoying in my opinion.
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- Claire Evans
- 30-10-15
Good book but not all true
I enjoyed this book it was better than some books about the twins. But still not all is as is wrote I spotted one error and a big piece of krays history missing but all in all a good book
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-12-18
Great book. poor voice over
Great story. but the voice over is terrible. constant clearing of his mouth is very poor.
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- Chris
- 11-06-19
Top notch
Very clear and prescice listen.Liked all the detail and facts always been fascinated by the Krays.
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- S I.
- 19-10-18
Greater depth than previous books
I’ve read a lot of books about the krays and other members of the firm but never on audio so thought I’d give this one a go. I had put of buying it for ages as I was expecting it to be pretty much more of the same but it actually goes into greater depth than I’d read previously and included much information I’d never known about.
I did find the narration a bit of putting at times though with the narrators inhalations a bit too audible!
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- Pete
- 08-02-15
Decent
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
The oldest and best, imo, Kray book. I'm glad it's on audible. I now need all the other UK true crime ones here.
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