NOTORIOUS The Immortal Legend of the Kray Twins

Softcover. A disturbing look at the enduring legacy of Britain's most notorious criminals. The author's 'The Profession of Violence', the ground-breaking and bestselling official biography of the Kray twins, was penned more than 40yrs ago and sparked off in the author and the country at large an obsession with the notorious pair. Ron died in 1995, Reg followed him 5yrs later, and both of their funerals drew crowds on a scale unknown for film stars, let alone for two departed murderers. Since then, public fascination with the twins has never flagged and people still refer to them like popular celebrities. Why? This is the question the author asked himself, and over the previous 3yrs he re-examined their history, unearthing much previously unknown material which sheds new light on the deadly duo. The book re-examines their tortured and utterly unique relationship as identical twins, revealing an unsuspected murder, and sheds fresh light on the killings of George Cornell and Jack 'the Hat' McVitie. And most riveting of all are the revelations of how Ron Kray caused a major sex scandal in which a prime minister condoned the most outrageous establishment cover-up in British politics since the war. Illus. + Appendix. 375pp. trade size softcover. G. only.