Jack the Ripper - The Definitive History by Paul Begg

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Country of Manufacture
United States
Subject
True Crime
Special Attributes
Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405807128
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
1405807121
ISBN-13
9781405807128
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43432038

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Jack the Ripper : the Definitive History
Number of Pages
398 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Murder / Serial Killers, General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, History
Author
Paul Begg
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
2.1 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-048915
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Reviews of the hardback edition: 'Such an extensive and entertaining book has long been needed, and we are fortunate that Paul Begg has chosen to write it'Ripper Notes  'As good a general account of Jack the Ripper as exists'The Sunday Telegraph 'Rather than being another attempt to identify the culprit, this book examines the facts behind one of the most infamous and grisly episodes of the Victorian era.'Best of British  , Reviews of the hardback edition: 'Such an extensive and entertaining book has long been needed, and we are fortunate that Paul Begg has chosen to write it' Ripper Notes 'As good a general account of Jack the Ripper as exists' The Sunday Telegraph 'Rather than being another attempt to identify the culprit, this book examines the facts behind one of the most infamous and grisly episodes of the Victorian era.' Best of British
Dewey Decimal
364.152/3/092
Table Of Content
Ch. 1: INTRODUCTION. Ch. 2: THE EAST END. Ch.3: EMMA ELIZABETH SMITH. Ch. 4: THE BITTER CRY. Ch. 5: MARTHA TABRAM. Ch. 6: FLOUNDER AND FUMBLE, AND 'CATCH WHOM YOU CAN!'. Ch.7: THE MAIDEN TRIBUTE. Ch. 8: 'AT THE CRATER OF A VOLCANO'. Ch. 9: ANNIE CHAPMAN. Ch. 10: THE DOUBLE EVENT - ELIZABETH STRIDE. Ch. 11: CATHARINE EDDOWES. Ch. 12: DEAR BOSS. Ch. 13: MARY JANE KELLY. Ch. 14: THE GREAT VICTORIAN MYSTERY: WHO WAS JACK THE RIPPER? Ch. 15: OTHER RIPPER SUSPECTS. INDEX.
Synopsis
In 1888 the Whitechapel area of London was the scene of some of the most brutal murders ever recorded in history - and yet the case of Jack the Ripper remains unsolved. Steering clear of wild conspiracy theories, and spurious attempts to advance new theories about the identity of the culprit, Paul Begg instead provides the facts behind one of the most infamous and grisly episodes of the Victorian era. The book is a social history of Victorian East London as it is about the murders themselves. Begg argues that the case excited such interest precisely because of the notoriety of the East End at the time. Chronological coverage includes detailed accounts of the lives of each of the victims and an examination of the police investigation., 'The clearest, most accurate, and most up-to-date account of the Ripper murders, by one of Britain's greatest and most respected experts on the "autumn of terror" in Victorian London.' William D. Rubenstein, Professor of Modern History, University of Wales, Aberystwyth England in the 1880s was a society in transition, shedding the skin of Victorianism and moving towards a more modern age. Promiscuity, moral decline, prostitution, unemployment, poverty, police inefficiency... all these things combined to create a feeling of uncertainty and fear. The East End of London became the focus of that fear. Here lived the uneducated, poverty-ridden and morally destitute masses. When Jack the Ripper walked onto the streets of the East End he came to represent everything that was wrong with the area and with society as a whole. He was fear in a human form, an unknown lurker in the shadows who could cross boundaries and kill. Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History is not yet another attempt to identify the culprit. Instead, the book sets the murders in their historical context, examining in depth what East London was like in 1888, how it came to be that way, and how events led to one of the most infamous and grisly episodes of the Victorian era.
LC Classification Number
HV6535.G6L618 2004

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