The index jumps three years. Tommy is now a Labour MP for Birmingham South. He has legitimate shipping and betting empires. The villain is no longer a rival gangster but a fascist orator: Sir Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin).
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The final indexed entry (though a film, The Immortal Man , concludes the story). Tommy is dying of a supposed tuberculoma (a false diagnosis). He faces the Boston IRA, fascist remnants, and the treacherous Michael Gray. The index jumps three years
This is where the index becomes operatic. Tommy has married Grace, moved to a massive manor, and been granted an OBE. However, the price is service to the Economic League and a set of White Russian exiles, including the Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna. The villain is no longer a rival gangster
The index expands geographically. Tommy brokers a dangerous deal with London’s Jewish gang leader, Alfie Solomons (Tom Hardy – an iconic late entry). The goal: sabotage the races of Darby Sabini, the Italian kingpin of Camden.
"You can change what you do, but you can’t change what you want." – Tommy Shelby.