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‘A Thousand Blows’: Who were the Forty Elephants gang and their thief ‘queen’ Mary Carr?
In Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s Hulu/Disney+ show, A Thousand Blows, there are more than a few characters based on historical figures. Set in the grime and crime of 1880s East London, the most overt action takes place in the boxing ring, with real-life Jamaican immigrant Hezekiah Moscow (Malachi Kirby) taking on the best fighter…