Our Story
Aug 2015 · Pan Macmillan
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London's most notorious gangsters, in their own words . . .
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.
The Kray twins were Britain's most notorious gangsters. Ruling London's underworld for more than a decade, as gang lords they were among the most powerful and feared men in the city. Photographed by David Bailey and even interviewed for television, they became celebrities in their own right and are infamous to this day.
Ronnie and Reg's reign of terror ended on 8 March 1969 when they were sentenced to life with the recommendation that they serve at least thirty years. Ronnie ended his days in Broadmoor – his raging insanity only controlled by massive doses of drugs. Reg served almost three decades in some of Britain's toughest jails before being released on compassionate grounds in August 2000. He died of cancer eight months later.
Compiled from a series of interviews with Fred Dinenage from behind prison walls, Our Story is the classic account that explodes the myths surrounding the Kray twins. In it, the twins set the record straight. In their own words they tell the full story of their brutal career of crime and their years behind bars.
With an introduction from Fred Dinenage, this compelling, disturbing and highly readable book is the definitive story of two legendary criminals.
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.
The Kray twins were Britain's most notorious gangsters. Ruling London's underworld for more than a decade, as gang lords they were among the most powerful and feared men in the city. Photographed by David Bailey and even interviewed for television, they became celebrities in their own right and are infamous to this day.
Ronnie and Reg's reign of terror ended on 8 March 1969 when they were sentenced to life with the recommendation that they serve at least thirty years. Ronnie ended his days in Broadmoor – his raging insanity only controlled by massive doses of drugs. Reg served almost three decades in some of Britain's toughest jails before being released on compassionate grounds in August 2000. He died of cancer eight months later.
Compiled from a series of interviews with Fred Dinenage from behind prison walls, Our Story is the classic account that explodes the myths surrounding the Kray twins. In it, the twins set the record straight. In their own words they tell the full story of their brutal career of crime and their years behind bars.
With an introduction from Fred Dinenage, this compelling, disturbing and highly readable book is the definitive story of two legendary criminals.
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4.6
360 reviews
Pamela Mcmillan
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January 3, 2018
What a pair of gentlemen they were. Wish there were people like them around now instead of the scum we have now scared to leave the house. I couldn't stop reading liked how it was written getting to see both there stories side by side was a great read
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Shaun Carney
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October 13, 2021
I'VE READ MOST BOOKS EACH ONE TELLS DIFFERENT VERSIONS ON THE KRAYS WHICH ARE INTERESTING I FELT SORRY FOR KRAY BROTHERS 2 DIED IN PRISON REGGIE DIED IN A HOTEL THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME FREEDOM COS THEY SERVED MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND A CHILD MURDER GETS 20 YEAR'S AND HE GETS PAROLE AND THE KRAYS TRIED TO GET FREED BUT STILL DENIED PAROLE COS IT'S THERE NAME KRAY NO JUSTICE FOR THEM
Muz Attwell
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October 24, 2015
Sharp, slick, and right to the core of this gritty fact based story. I grew up in the East end and whatever you think of the twins and their gang please read this, I promise you will not put it down. RIP Reg and Ron, the east end still certainly misses you.
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About the author
For decades, Reg and Ron Kray were London's most feared gangsters. They were sentenced to life in prison in 1969. Ronnie Kray died in 1995 in Broadmoor Hospital. Reg died in 2000.
Fred Dinenage is an award-winning television presenter. He has co-presented ITV Meridian's nightly news programme for over past twenty-five years. He also presented Fred Dinenage's Murder Casebook on Sky's Crime Investigation channel. He was asked by Reg Kray, then in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight, to write the twins' autobiography. He spent two years interviewing Reg in Parkhurst and other prisons, and Ron at Broadmoor Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
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