Slumlord

Peter Rachman and the Post-war London Underworld

Neil Root

• Publisher: Icon Books
• eBook ISBN:
  9781837732807
• Year: 2026

Table of contents

• Cover
• Prologue
• 1. Negative Exposure
• 2. The Road to Rachmanism
• 3. Perec/Peter
• 4. The Wheeler Dealers
• 5. Wild West London
• 6. Nights, Dice & Vice
• 7. The Path to Profumo
• 8. Indelible Imprint
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix 1: List of Known Rachman-Owned Properties Rented to Tenants
• Appendix 2: List of Known Companies Set Up by Rachman and Associates in which Rachman Held or Previously Held a Directorship as of 1962
• Appendix 3: List of Rachman Properties and the Number of Prostitutes Estimated to Be Operating from Them in May 1959
• Appendix 4: Number of Rent Tribunal Cases in Six London Boroughs 1958–60