Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
553 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [511]-528) and index. |
Contents |
Mr. Nobody -- The Unfortunates -- By Some Person Unknown -- A Glorious Boy -- Thorns and Sharp Stones -- Walter and the Boys -- The Daughters of Cobden -- The Gentleman Slummer -- A Bit of Broken Looking Glass -- The Dark Lantern -- The Royal Conspiracy -- Dreadful Bleeding Corpses -- Instant Death -- Wide Staring Eyes -- Red Fingerprints -- Hue and Cry -- Crochet Work and Flowers -- A Cautious Indicator -- A Painted Letter -- A Man in Ordinary Life -- Stygian Blackness -- The Streets Until Dawn -- A Shiny Black Bag -- These Characters About -- Night Horrors -- A Great Joke -- A Social Disease -- A Lovely Sea Side Business -- A Very Bad Man -- In a Horse Bin -- Three Keys -- The Darkest Day of the Darkest Night -- Sweet Violets -- Shapes on the Wall -- Further from the Grave -- My Coda to Jack the Ripper -- How It All Began and Never Ended. |
Summary |
Examines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper. |
Subject |
Jack, the Ripper.
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Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942.
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Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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Whitechapel (London, England) -- History.
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Added Author |
Revision of: Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.
Portrait of a killer
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Added Title |
Portrait of a killer
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ISBN |
9781503936874 (hardcover) |
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1503936872 (hardcover) |
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