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1979, 1990s: The Bailey brothers are gangsters determined to make their mark in the world.
The Life
What you need to know before your trail
Peter and Daniel are chalk and cheese in many ways – Peter’s calm exterior belies his ruthless nature, while Daniel’s penchant for spectacular violence is legendary – but together they are unstoppable.
From the late seventies they rule London’s East End and, when their sons join the business, it seems that no one can touch the powerful Baileys. Although it’s never easy at the top; there is always someone waiting to take you down – sometimes even those closest to you . . . Lena Bailey is determined to shield her youngest child Tania from the Life. But when a terrible tragedy occurs, Tania’s eyes are opened to their world in a way that forces her to make an irrevocable choice that will determine her future.
Travel Guide
This is the novel of London Gangster life which even comes with its own sound track as it turns out. Martina listened to a lot of Alabama 3 when writing this book and there are a lot of influence and their lyrics in this storyline. She describes them as a very visual band whose music seems to encompass the thoughts of many different generations
The centre of this East end family – the Baileys:
“we were the most talked about and revered family in the East End – the foremost family in England”
The book opens with the death of the mother of the Bailey family – her death an horrific one which will demand payback
You name it, my family had done it. But they couldn’t have forseen how deep they would get into the quagmire of revenge”
“…forgetting about the real world outside of their world”
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Family
Author/ Guide: Martina Cole Destination: London, Ilford Departure Time: 2000s
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