Shaw Julie - My Uncle Charlie - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
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 prot g 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. He d 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 man's ascendancy to power and the tragedy that brought it all crashing down.
Title: My Uncle Charlie
Author(s): Shaw Julie
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9780007542260
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 11/20/2014
Category: True Stories