Jack the Ripper : the murders and the myths
Baddeley, Gavin2022
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Five brutal murders shocked London in the summer and autumn of 1888. They have never been forgotten. The Jack the Ripper case has never been solved - the killer remains a blood-spattered silhouette. Although 'Jack' as an entity was almost certainly invented by an unscrupulous journalist, he became an archetype - decked in the top hat and cloak of a Victorian melodrama villain, stalking the fog-wreathed streets of the old East End. The numerous Ripper theories which emerged at the time tell us more about Victorian attitudes than they do about the killer's true identity. In this book, the authors follow the grim homicidal trails that have permeated popular culture since the Whitechapel murders of 1888.
Main title:
Jack the Ripper : the murders and the myths / Gavin Baddeley, Paul Woods.
Author:
Baddeley, Gavin, authorWoods, Paul A., 1963-, author
Imprint:
London : Canelo History, 2022.
Collation:
368 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781800329898 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
364.15232364.1523364.152 BADD
Language:
English
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BRN:
2288217
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