Jack the Ripper: The Murders and the Myths

by Gavin Baddeley and Paul Woods

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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.

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  • ISBN13 9781800329898
  • Publish Date 13 June 2022
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Canelo
  • Imprint Canelo History
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 368
  • Language English