Named for their practise of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps, the Peaky Blinders were a gang who made their money from off track betting, protection
and robbery at the turn of the last century.The award-winning BBC series follows the chilling, violent and unsettlingly stylish world of the fictional Tommy Shelby and his gang of youths. Here, for the first time, is the fascinating account of the real-life stories and villians who inspired these characters.
Featuring genuine testimony and court reports, this story of the mob who pounded Small Heath, their rise to prominence and their eventual demise, is a gritty and compelling account of one of the most notorious criminal gangs in British history.
