THE BARMAID'S TALE The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Put Ronnie Kray Behind Bars.

Hardback. 1st edn. SIGNED. After 30yrs. as a marked woman, this book is the remarkable true story of the witness who braved the might of London's most notorious criminal organisation when she agreed to give the evidence that secured the conviction of Ronnie Kray and Ian Barrie for the killing of George Cornell. Ostracised by her family for breaking the East End code of looking after your own, Mrs X vividly relives her hopes and fears of her years in hiding, when she was forced to move from safe house to safe house in a desperate attempt to preserve herself and her 3 children from being silenced for good. In a perceptive Afterword, James Morton looks at the Krays' rise to media stardom. Illus. 231pp. 8vo. h/back. With tipped-in label SIGNED BY JAMES MORTON. Lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. in Nr. F. dw.