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My Uncle Charlie

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

My Uncle Charlie

Contributors:

By (Author) Julie Shaw

ISBN:

9780007542260

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

HarperCollins

Publication Date:

24th November 2014

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

942.817082092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

240

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm

Weight:

170g

Description

If you lived on the notorious Canterbury Estate in the 40s and 50s, then you knew there was one man you did not want to cross: Charlie Hudson. A solitary man, feared and respected by the gangsters of the time, Charlie was a boxer who never lost a fight, in or out of the ring the most infamous of The Canterbury Warriors.
My Uncle Charlie, the second title in the explosive series unravels a story of debauchery, crime and self-destruction. Charlie Hudson was a born leader. The eldest of eight brothers and four sisters and with a boxer for a father, fighting was in his blood. And as the young protg of local Italian gangster, Mr Cappovanni, Charlie not only learned to knock every opponent out, he also learned the tools of the crime and extortion trade well; emerging into adulthood in the middle of the war years as a natural heir: running cons, illegal books and a band of prostitutes.

But when Charlie met Betty, a sweet, caring girl, he was determined to be a better man for her. Hed still deal with business but no more would he bed his working girls, and the birth of their baby girl, Elizabeth, sealed it: he knew life could not get any better. But for a man who had only ever lived in the belly of the Canterbury Estate underworld, it could definitely get worse

Gritty and engrossing, book two of the Hudson family saga delves deeper into history of the infamous Canterbury Warriors; the true story of one mans ascendancy to power, and the tragedy that brought it all crashing down.

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