John Pearson graduated from Peterhouse Cambridge with a double first in History, then worked on the Economist Intelligence Unit and as a BBC trainee producer before being offered a job by Ian Fleming as his assistant on the 'Atticus' column for the Sunday Times. Pearson was the author of - among others - the only authorised biography of Ian Fleming, as well as bestselling The Profession of Violence.
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The Profession Of Violence; The Rise And Fall Of The Kray Twins. Heroes or villains? In the 1960's London's gangland was ruled by two men - Reggie and Ronnie Kray. Building an empire of crime by intimidation, extortion and terror on a scale never seen b... SEE MORE