Peaky Blinders: The Real Gangs and Gangsters
The True Story Britain's Most Notorious Street Gangs (Peaky Blinders)
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Peaky Blinders: The Real Gangs and Gangsters
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Narrated by:
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Carl Chinn
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Jonathan Keeble
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By:
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Carl Chinn
You know who the Peaky Blinders are . . . It's time to see where they began.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Birmingham was seemingly transforming into a wealthy, bustling metropolis, celebrated for its manufacturing and local government. Yet behind this optimistic facade, the poorest and most vulnerable in society were abandoned. This longstanding inequality aroused unrest, sparking violence and terror from backstreet gangsters who'd become known as peaky blinders.
In this fourth instalment of the bestselling series, historian Carl Chinn draws upon his decades of expertise and his own family history to reveal even more about these notorious gangs, going back to where it all began. Chinn exposes the real people whose bloody feuds, murders and maiming, baiting of police officers, bullying of the decent poor, gendered violence, blackmailing, and disturbing roles in political riots and racist attacks made Birmingham infamous as the city of the Peaky Blinders.
Peaky Blinders: The Real Gangs and Gangsters is a vivid and shocking portrait of Birmingham through the Victorian and Edwardian eras, unpicking the storied history of its vicious gangs to reveal how they forced themselves into notoriety.
©2025 Carl Chinn (P)2025 Bonnier Books, UK