Peaky Blinders: The Legacy - The real story of Britains most notorious 1920s gangs: The follow-up to the Sunday Times Bestseller

Peaky Blinders: The Legacy - The real story of Britains most notorious 1920s gangs: The follow-up to the Sunday Times Bestseller is written by Carl Chinn. This follow-up book returns to the real history behind the Peaky Blinders and the legacy associated with them.

Key details

• Author: Carl Chinn
• Follow-up to Peaky Blinders: The Real Story
• Explores the Peaky Blinders’ legacy in Birmingham and beyond
• Draws on research, interviews and original sources

Synopsis

The Peaky Blinders are widely recognised through the hit TV series, with the Shelby family presented as fashionably dressed, charismatic and deeply flawed anti-heroes. In this book, social historian, broadcaster and author Carl Chinn revisits the true story of the notorious gang and examines the legacy they created.

It explores the world of Billy Kimber’s Peaky Blinders across the 1920s and 30s, including how their empires spread across the UK and the street wars that followed. The book also covers the declaration of War on Gangs by the Home Secretary after The Racecourse War in 1921, and how blackmailing bookmakers led to new opportunities for figures such as Sabini and Alfie Solomon, alongside new faces in the gangland underworld.