Why read Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants?

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Book description

The Forty Elephants were unique in the annals of British crime. Emerging from the slums like fallen angels, these glamorous, lawless young women plundered fashion stores and jewel shops, picked their lovers from among London’s toughest gangsters and terrorised their rivals. Soon they were renowned, and feared, as the country’s…

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Organized crime

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True crime

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Why read it?

1 author picked Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Caitlin Davies

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The recent rediscovery of the Forty Elephants, a British all-female crime syndicate, is mainly due to Brian McDonald’s book. Brian has direct family links to the gang, and the book is packed full of criminal characters and incidents. It also traces the roots of the Forty Elephants all the way back to Victorian times.

From Caitlin's list on The best books on female crooks.