Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer

Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer

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For a hundred and twenty years, the identity of the Whitechapel murderer known to us as Jack the Ripper has both eluded us and spawned a veritable industry of speculation. This book names him. Mad doctors, Russian lunatics, bungling midwives, railway policemen, failed barristers, weird artists, royal princes and white-eyed men. All of these and more have been put in the fr...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published November 1st 2009 by Wharncliffe Books
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Kelli
The author seems to have it all figured out on Jack's true identity. How could nobody figure this out at the time? The pieces seem to fit together a bit too conveniently.
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Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer (ebook)
Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer (ebook)
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Meirion James Trow is a full-time teacher of history who has been doubling as a crime writer for seventeen years. Originally from Rhonda in South Wales he now lives on the Isle of Wight. His interests include collecting militaria, film, the supernatural and true crime.
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