REG KRAY A Man Apart

Hardback. Reg Kray was Britain's most famous prisoner, a villain to some and an anti-hero to many. But who was the real Reg Kray? Who was the man behind the layers of attitude and opinion, exaggeration and distortion? Why was he destined to spend so much of his life behind bars? In this book, his widow Roberta writes frankly about the man she knew so well. Drawing on previously unseen documents, including letters and prison medical and officers' reports, as well as her own conversations with him over the years, she describes the problems he faced and overcame as well as the reactions of the authorities to one of the longest-serving prisoners in the country. She sheds new light on Reg's personality, his conflict with Ron, his first marriage to Frances, and friendships with other inmates. She also details the development of her own marriage from her first meeting with Reg in 1996 to his death in October 2000, revealing the inside story for the first time. In the end she uncovers the real Reg - not an angel, but not a devil either. Illus., Index. 337pp. 8vo. h/back. As New in dw.