PEAKY BLINDERS - THE REAL GANGS AND GANGSTERS
'The world's leading expert on Birmingham crime and the Peaky Blinders'
You know who the Peaky Blinders are ... It's time to see where they began.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Birmingham was seemingly transforming into a wealthy, bustling metropolis, celebrated for its manufacturing and local government. Yet behind this optimistic facade, the poorest and most vulnerable in society were abandoned. This longstanding inequality aroused unrest, sparking violence and terror from backstreet gangsters who'd become known as peaky blinders.
In this fourth instalment of the bestselling series, historian Carl Chinn draws upon his decades of expertise and his own family history to reveal even more about these notorious gangs, going back to where it all began. Chinn exposes the real people whose bloody feuds, murders and maiming, baiting of police officers, bullying of the decent poor, gendered violence, blackmailing, and disturbing roles in political riots and racist attacks made Birmingham infamous as the city of the Peaky Blinders.
Peaky Blinders: The Real Gangs and Gangsters is a vivid and shocking portrait of Birmingham through the Victorian and Edwardian eras, unpicking the storied history of its vicious gangs to reveal how they forced themselves into notoriety.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
CHINN CARL
Carl Steven Alfred Chinn nació el 6 de septiembre de 1956 en Moseley, Birmingham, Inglaterra. Es historiador, escritor, locutor y profesor universitario. Su trabajo se ha centrado en el estudio y difusión de la historia de Birmingham, ciudad en la que ha desarrollado gran parte de su carrera. Desde mediados de la década de 1990 presentó un programa en la BBC dedicado a la historia local. En 1990 comenzó a dar clases en la Universidad de Birmingham y en 2002 fue nombrado profesor titular. Ese mismo año recibió la distinción de Miembro de la Orden del Imperio Británico por sus servicios a la historia local y a organizaciones benéficas.
