Ripper
The Secret Life of Walter Sickert
Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2017]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 553 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Jack, the Ripper.
Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942.
Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
Whitechapel (London, England) -- History.
Jack, the Ripper.
Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942.
Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
Whitechapel (London, England) -- History.
ISBN:
9781503936874
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Crime Murder Cor | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
"Incorporating material from Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-- Case Closed, this new edition has been revised and expanded to include eight new chapters, detailed maps and hundreds of images that bring the sinister case to life."--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-528) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-528) and index.