{"title":"Peaky Blinders","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"peaky-blinders-the-legacy-carl-chinn-true-crime-paperback","title":"Peaky Blinders: The Legacy by Carl Chinn - Notorious 1920s Gangland Britain - True Crime - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9781789462937\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: John Blake Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPeaky Blinders: The Legacy is Carl Chinn's gripping follow-up to his Sunday Times bestseller, Peaky Blinders: The Real Story. Moving beyond the origins of Birmingham's most infamous street gang, this book traces what happened next: fractured empires, bitter rivalries and criminal networks spreading across Britain in the 1920s and 30s. Meticulously researched and vividly told, it's essential reading for anyone gripped by the hit BBC drama and hungry for the real history behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this compelling follow-up, renowned social historian Carl Chinn revisits the world of Billy Kimber's Peaky Blinders to explore the legacy they left behind in Birmingham and far beyond. Having already revealed the true story of the gang in his acclaimed first book, Chinn now turns to what became of them and their gangland rivals as the decade wore on. Readers are taken deep into the street wars that erupted across the country, the seismic impact of the Home Secretary's declaration of a \"War on Gangs\" following the notorious Racecourse War of 1921, and the shifting criminal landscape as old-style extortion of racecourse bookmakers gave way to bold new opportunities. Colourful and dangerous figures emerge throughout, including Darby Sabini and Alfie Solomon, alongside a fresh cast of gangland faces jostling for control of Britain's underworld. Drawing on decades of original research, family history and rare archival sources, Chinn brings to life the true, often brutal reality behind the glamorised television version of events. This is a book for readers who want the unvarnished history: real people, real crimes, and a real Birmingham shaped by poverty, violence and ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by Carl Chinn, the leading authority on the real Peaky Blinders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow-up to the Sunday Times bestseller Peaky Blinders: The Real Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReveals the true fate of the gang and their rivals through the 1920s and 30s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePacked with meticulous historical research and rare archive detail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerfect for fans of the hit BBC television series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMakes a brilliant gift for true crime and British history enthusiasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nProfessor Carl Chinn MBE PhD is a social historian with a national profile, broadcaster, writer, public speaker and teacher. An off-course bookmaker himself until 1984, he is the son and grandson of illegal bookmakers in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, and the great-grandson of a genuine peaky blinder. His mother's family were factory workers in Aston. 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Peaky Blinders: The Real Story and Peaky Blinders: The Legacy strip away the myth to reveal the genuine gangs, feuds and characters who inspired the Shelby family, tracing their rise from Victorian Birmingham streets through the racecourse wars of the 1920s and 30s. Meticulously researched and vividly told, this set is essential reading for anyone hooked on the show who wants the real history behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPeaky Blinders: The Real Story asks the question every fan wants answered - did the Peaky Blinders really exist? Carl Chinn, whose own great-grandfather was a peaky blinder, draws on decades of original research, rare photographs and interviews with descendants to uncover the true story of Birmingham's most notorious street gang, and how their world of razor blades, flat caps and gang warfare gave rise to the legend later dramatised on screen. The book explores the poverty, violence and desperation of working-class Birmingham before the First World War, and how real conflict with authority - including a Home Secretary determined to stamp them out - shaped the era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPeaky Blinders: The Legacy picks up the story into the 1920s and 30s, following the real Billy Kimber's gang as their influence spread across Britain's booming racecourse circuit. It charts the infamous Racecourse War of 1921, the government's declared War on Gangs, and the shift from bookmaker intimidation to bolder criminal enterprise, bringing in rival figures such as Darby Sabini and Alfie Solomon who battled for control of the underworld. 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