Carl Chinn

Carl Chinn has a PhD in Social History, is a Member of the Order of the British Empire, a writer, speaker and teacher. He is also the son and grandson of bookmakers from Sparkbrook (a profession he himself practiced until 1984) and, on his mother's side, a descendant of factory workers from the Aston neighborhood. His writings are deeply influenced by the working class status of his relatives and the life they led in the poor terraced neighborhoods of Birmingham, and have earned him an impressive national reputation. Chinn sincerely believes that history should be democratized because each and every person has left their mark on it and has something to tell. Peaky Blinders: The True Story is his thirty-third book