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Blood Line - Part 1 of 3: Sometimes Tragedy Is in Your Blood (My Uncle Charlie) Kindle Edition

by Julie Shaw (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 346 ratings
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Previously published as My Uncle Charlie.

Blood Line can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.

This is PART 1 of 3.

You can read Part 1 three weeks ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback.

If you lived on the notorious Canterbury Estate in the ‘40s and ‘50s, then you knew there was one man you did not want to cross: Charlie Hudson. A solitary man, feared and respected by the gangsters of the time, Charlie was a boxer who never lost a fight, in or out of the ring – the most infamous of The Canterbury Warriors.

Blood Line, the second title in the explosive series unravels a story of debauchery, crime and self-destruction. Charlie Hudson was a born leader. The eldest of eight brothers and four sisters and with a boxer for a father, fighting was in his blood. And as the young protégé of local Italian gangster, Mr Cappovanni, Charlie not only learned to knock every opponent out, he also learned the tools of the crime and extortion trade well; emerging into adulthood in the middle of the war years as a natural heir: running cons, illegal books and a band of prostitutes.

But when Charlie met Betty, a sweet, caring girl, he was determined to be a better man for her. He’d still deal with ‘business’ but no more would he bed his working girls, and the birth of their baby girl, Elizabeth, sealed it: he knew life could not get any better. But for a man who had only ever lived in the belly of the Canterbury Estate underworld, it could definitely get worse…

Gritty and engrossing, book two of the Hudson family saga delves deeper into history of the infamous Canterbury Warriors; the true story of one man’s ascendancy to power, and the tragedy that brought it all crashing down.

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    HarperCollins
  6. Publication date
    October 30, 2014
  7. File size
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00MLR0WWG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins (October 30, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 30, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1746 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 89 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 346 ratings

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David Bennett
5.0 out of 5 stars Hoodlums with heart
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2015
My dad grew up in Bridgeton, Glasgow in the same era as Charlie in a family no less notorious than the Hudsons. Had the two families met, they'd have been fast friends. One of the reasons I liked this book (and parts 2 and 3) so much is that the author mentions many of the same small details my dad used to tell me. For example, my dad often noted (nah...he went on and on and on about) how the neighbors all helped one another out, no questions asked. He described a childhood of terrible deprivation in a way that made me want to know more about it. Julie Shaw does the same thing with "My Uncle Charlie." She creates genuine and lovable crooks and thieves, authentic hoodlums with heart.
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NM
3.0 out of 5 stars very short
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018
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very short, glad it was free
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Jane Chapman
1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2021
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I guess it's ok. I read it even though it's not a book I would usually get
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Susan Land
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't have opinion.
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020
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Didn't read.. Didn't even begin it.
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nannabev
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant book !!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2015
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I have read all three books on this family , and thought this one was the best , i really thought it was quite sad at times , even though they were from such a large family they all looked out for each other , Charlie had such a tragic life after his wife and daughter died and it was nice to see how respected he was until the end , fantastic book !!!!
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Scrutineyes
4.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2015
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I enjoyed reading this book because I used to pass the Canterbury Estate each time I went into Bradford and always thought what a run down place it seemed. It was quite fascinating to read the lives of one of the families who lived there. There is a bit too much swearing in these books for my taste but, perhaps, that was the way that family expressed themselves. I was surprised to read that, in 1943 Charlie likened the woman he had slept with as being a Marilyn Monroe lookalike as MM was only seventeen at the time and not famous. Her first film was The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, made in 1947. In 1943 She had been married for one year and was Mrs Norma Jean Dougherty.
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jessica
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2016
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Not great
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kaz
5.0 out of 5 stars wow what a brill gritty read, i couldnt put ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2014
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wow what a brill gritty read, i couldnt put it down. iv also orderd the rest of julie shaws books. i dont know how i will cope when i have read them all, i hope she writes more
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Jennie Hills
5.0 out of 5 stars Cracking Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2016
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Hooked from page one, sure there are a lot of swear words but that's life and this is a story about real people. I could not put it down.
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