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26%OFFJohn Pearson - One of the Family - 9780099457787 - V9780099457787
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One of the Family

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Description for One of the Family Paperback. When the Englishman learned that someone was asking about him, he introduced himself to Pearson, who persuaded him to write his story - a story even more extraordinary than that of the Krays. Because the Englishman is the only man of non-Italian blood to be admitted to the heart of the Mafia. Num Pages: 416 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.

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At Ronnie Kray's funeral, London crime expert John Pearson saw a man he didn't recognise - but who all the notorious criminals present deferred to.

This is the remarkable true story of that man: 'the Englishman'.

Investigations revealed that the Englishman was never mentioned in any of the previous books on organised crime, not because he wasn't involved, but because everyone was too scared to speak his name. Moreover, he was as legendary a figure on the streets of New York as on the streets of London.

Pearson persuaded the mysterious criminal leader to talk to ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099457787
SKU
V9780099457787
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About John Pearson
John Pearson worked for The Economist, the BBC and The Sunday Times before becoming Ian Fleming's assistant. An author who specialises in true crime and biographies, he has written the only authorised biography of Ian Fleming, a fictional biography of James Bond and The Profession of Violence, a crime biography of legendary East End gangsters, the Kray twins.

Reviews for One of the Family
Straight out of The Godfather ... this insight into the hidden world of the mafia is well worth reading
The Oldie
Brilliantly thrilling
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