Gangs of London

Decades before the Krays, London was plagued by gang warfare as vicious and terrifying as anything that was to come. Territorial tribes fought pitched battles for honour and pride. This first ever history of these intriguing street mobs traces them from Jonathan Wild, the original gang leader and archetype for Dicken's Fagin, to sprawling super-mobs like the Titanic from east London and the infamous Elephant and Castle Gang. 'Gangs of London' is a riveting journey through the violent underbelly of one of the world's great cities.