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Peaky Blinders: The Real Story: The real story behind the next generation of British gangsters Paperback – September 19, 2019

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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.
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    Peaky Blinders
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    336 pages
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    John Blake
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    September 19, 2019
  6. Dimensions
    5 x 0.7 x 7.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1789461723
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1789461725
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Professor Carl Chinn MBE Ph.D. is a social historian with a national profile, writer, public speaker, and teacher. An off-course bookmaker himself until 1984, he is the son and grandson of illegal bookmakers in Sparkbrook, and the great-grandson of a peaky blinder, whilst his mother's family were factory workers in Aston. His writings are deeply affected by his family's working-class background and life in the back-to-backs of Birmingham and he believes passionately that history must be democratised because each and every person has made their mark upon history and has a story to tell. Professor Carl Chinn MBE Ph.D. is a social historian with a national profile, writer, public speaker, and teacher. An off-course bookmaker himself until 1984, he is the son and grandson of illegal bookmakers in Sparkbrook, and the great-grandson of a peaky blinder, whilst his mother's family were factory workers in Aston. His writings are deeply affected by his family's working-class background and life in the back-to-backs of Birmingham and he believes passionately that history must be democratised because each and every person has made their mark upon history and has a story to tell.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ John Blake (September 19, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1789461723
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1789461725
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.7 x 7.75 inches
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Hope Luskey
5.0 out of 5 stars Love!
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2020
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Just as described!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good value
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Gary W. London
1.0 out of 5 stars FORGET IT!
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2023
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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!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Clearly not new...
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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.
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Daniel
1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020
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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.
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Alyssa
1.0 out of 5 stars “I felt like the author just milked the series for a book”
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2020
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Purchased this as a Christmas gift for my boyfriend. He normally enjoys historical non-fiction, & he loves the series.
He’s rated the book 1 star- “The writing was terrible, I felt like the author just milked the series for a book. The information was drawn out more than it needed to be”
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Mike
1.0 out of 5 stars Dull!
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2021
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This book really offered little interesting.
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Michelle
1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT RECOMMEND
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2019
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Terribly written, not what I expected. Do not recommend.
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Sue
5.0 out of 5 stars jThe Person I gave this to loved it!
Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2020
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Interesting read
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Unknown
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2023
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I got this for my mum who doesn’t read much but she loves pesky blinders and she loved it. It’s about the real peaky blinders and tells the story of them.
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Melicia
5.0 out of 5 stars lo devolvi, lo queria en español y me equivoque
Reviewed in Spain on January 18, 2021
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era para regalo lo termine cogiendo en español y a mi amigo le hizo mucha ilusion como fan de la serie
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Freshmacegg
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book about the real history
Reviewed in Germany on June 29, 2020
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Great book if you like the series and want to learn something about the backgrounds and the real story.
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giorgia
1.0 out of 5 stars It's about anything but the Peaky Blinders as you know them in the show
Reviewed in Italy on April 26, 2020
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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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