Peaky Blinders: The Aftermath: The real story behind the next generation of British gangsters

As seen on BBC's The Real Peaky Blinders

Carl Chinn

• Publisher: John Blake
• Year: 2021
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789464528
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Carl Chinn

As Britain emerges into the mid-twentieth century, change is afoot. Cities are beginning to shift from smog-filled industrial hubs to more efficient metropolitan centres of commerce and, despite the country once again being blighted by war, society is beginning to shift towards a more modern, forward-thinking era. But change is not only limited to regular men and women; under the shifting tides of development, the criminal underbelly, too, is evolving, anxious for new avenues of exploitation and expansion . . .

And so, in the third instalment of his best-selling series, historian Carl Chinn examines this new era in the landscape of Britain's gangs. After the violent reign of the Peaky Blinders, the intimidation of the Birmingham gang and frequent gang wars up and down the country, from the wreckage new groups are emerging with new ways of making money and causing trouble, and, like those who came before them, they leave havoc and destruction in their wake.

Peaky Blinders: The Aftermath will bring this new generation of criminals into focus. And up and down the length of the country, from the dog tracks to the pubs of the East End, it delves into the murky world of the country's most villainous criminals.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• About the Author
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction: Peaky Blinders: The Aftermath
• Chapter 1: The Italian Gang and Soho Terrors
• Chapter 2: Dog Track Gangsters and the Hoxton Gang
• Chapter 3: Murderous Assaults in Gangland
• Chapter 4: Jack Spot and ‘Italian Albert’
• Chapter 5: The Birmingham Gang Broken Up
• Afterword
• Acknowledgements
• Selected Further Reading
• Abbreviations
• Sources
• Endnotes
• Photos