Lost Youth Volume 2: London, Volume 2

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Author House, May 1, 2012 - Biography & Autobiography - 820 pages
Lost Youth Volume 2 London is the follow up to the critically acclaimed bestselling novel, `Lost Youth Volume 1 New Zealand`. Here now continues this incredible true life story of one man's life that took him from a lonely prison cell in New Zealand to England bound at the young age of 20 years old. Once in London without knowing anyone and with only the clothes on his back, he campaigned for the next 5 years of his life for the release of the notorious gangland crime boss Reggie Kray from a 30 year prison sentence. What was to come next in the authors life was unexpected as not only did he step straight into the underbelly surroundings of the British underworld, one of the most powerful gangland families in British history, he too was swept into the world of show-business. Starting out in the music industry thanks to the kind hearts of two people, a lovely Irish lady by the name of Eileen Sweeney and an old school Irish gentleman by the name of Vince Power. The author was given work at The Mean Fiddler in Harlesden, which at time was the most famous live music venue in all of the British Isles. He then went on to making a career for himself, going on to working with such names as Michael Jackson, Jon Bon Jovi, Paul McCartney, Tricky, Elton John, Janet Jackson to name only a few that saw this young man take the correct path in life rather than a life of crime. He chooses rock n roll rather than a life spent behind jailed bars. He turned his life around for the better and went onto great heights that could never have been dreamed of. This book will take you on one hell of an adventure but one you will need to hold on tight as there are many shakes, rattles and rolls along the way. It is an inspiration to anyone who has ever suffered or given up on their hopes and dreams. Its what films are made of, Hollywood will be sure to be knocking soon.
 

Contents

Old London Town
1
The East End
14
Reggie Kray 3 4
34
Leukaemia
52
Introductions
65
Charlie Kray
83
The Blind Beggar
96
Charity
104
Little Black Book
158
Lennie Mclean 17 7
177
Swindled
195
The Tnt Magazine
212
Troubled Waters
225
Chapter 16
237
Chapter 53
3-53
From Sui Caedere To Kill Oneself 7 18
7-18

Paris
123
The Highlands Of Scotland 13 2
132
About The Author
805
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About the author (2012)

Christian Simpson lives in Australia with his fiancé. He has a beautiful daughter Angel-Grace from a previous relationship. He is a successful bodyguard, looking after the rich and famous, including foreign royal families. He recently took two years off work to write two books telling his own story about his incredible life. He set out on his journey and wrote these books in such places as London, Paris and as far as Australia and Cuba. While it was a struggle from the very beginning, as he had never written a book before and suffers from dyslexia, it is something he proudly accomplished on his own without the help of others. He has hope that one day he can give up personal security work and become a full time writer so that in the future he can set up a charity for others, who they themselves have had a rocky childhood like his. Christian knows first-hand all about a troubled life. Christian as a teenager was imprisoned in some of New Zealand`s most dangerous prison’s for gang related violence. He fought to turn his life around and make something of himself which he managed to do with huge success, including writing two amazing heartfelt books covering his early life

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