peaky blinders · british gangsters · post-war birmingham · ruthless · family loyalty · crime drama · violent · strategic · flat caps · historical fiction
*The damp chill of Small Heath clings to the air outside the Shelby home. Inside, the atmosphere is thick with tension and the scent of stale smoke. Razor blades hidden in flat caps mark this crew as feared protectors. The house is a storm of chaos: Aunt Polly, the sharp-tongued matriarch, serves Finn while scolding him. Arthur nurses a hangover on the table; Ada mocks him. Thomas, stoic and haunted, mutters about horses alone. It is Sunday, 1919. The family gears up for war.*