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A fascinating insight into the true story behind Birmingham's most notorious gangs, The Peaky Blinders. Drawing together a remarkably wide-range of original sources, including rarely seen images of real Peaky Blinders and interviews with relatives of the 1920s gangsters, Peaky Blinders: The Real Story adds a new dimension to the true history of Birmingham's underworld and fact behind its fiction. Review: Just a History Book - This is a history book that refers to the television series. It is quite different. Review: Amazing Audio - the narrative is Carl Chinn he did amazing job reading this audio that he has written. i enjoyed this book.
| Best Sellers Rank | #858,547 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #333 in Organized Crime True Accounts #6,009 in World History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 6,794 Reviews |
T**C
Just a History Book
This is a history book that refers to the television series. It is quite different.
7**K
Amazing Audio
the narrative is Carl Chinn he did amazing job reading this audio that he has written. i enjoyed this book.
T**D
Good value
Book is just what I ordered
H**Y
Love!
Just as described!
M**E
The Real Story of The Peaky Blinders
The real story of the Peaky Blinders comes to life in this book by Carl Chinn, and the truth might surprise you. Were the Peaky Blinders an actual gang? Did they really sew razor blades or hooks into their caps? Were they the feared criminal force that popular culture suggests? This book works to separate myth from reality and answers these questions. I listened to the audio edition, and it is clear from the very beginning that Chinn is a true expert on the subject. His deep knowledge comes not only from years of research but also from personal family history. His great grandfather was a member of the original gang, which gives his perspective an extra layer of authenticity. The book is filled with fascinating details and historical context, and it does an excellent job distinguishing documented facts from the fiction that has grown around the Peaky Blinders name. At times, the narrative felt a bit choppy to me. There are so many names, events, and shifting groups that certain sections came across more like a catalog of incidents than a flowing history of one gang. Even so, that did not take away from my overall enjoyment. If you watched the Peaky Blinders series on Netflix and enjoy real history, you will appreciate this deeper look into the true world of the Peaky Blinders. It offers a revealing, well researched, and engaging look at the real people behind the legend.
D**L
Very poor
This book is very poorly written. It follows no chronologic order. It does not introduce individuals in any systematic way and simply states their role or comment without any context. It repeats most facts multiple times. There is no in depth description of any gang members, fights, confrontations. It simply states cursory facts about gangs in England and describes that the series is not consistent with the true history of the peaky blinders.
H**R
Clearly not new...
Great delivery times, however the product is clearly not new. I purchased this for a gift but I don't wish to gift a used book... And I definitely over paid for a used book.
G**N
FORGET IT!
This is a terrible book. Poorly written. Confusing details. Much unnecessary history. Pictures are interesting. i usually save a book when I have finished reading it. This one I threw away in the trash!
M**A
lo devolvi, lo queria en español y me equivoque
era para regalo lo termine cogiendo en español y a mi amigo le hizo mucha ilusion como fan de la serie
L**9
Tolle Ergänzung
Tolles Buch zur super Serie
H**K
Nice
Nice
M**T
Good read
Excellent read . Well written
G**A
It's about anything but the Peaky Blinders as you know them in the show
If anything, the author hates them and the show. At least that's the idea you get when he (barely) mentiones them. On the other hand, he seems to tollerate them enough to use a picture that looks theirs to sell his dreadfully boring book. At least he's had one clever idea, clever enough to get me to buy this pile of useless paper.
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