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Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer (Hardback)

P&S History > British History > Victorian History P&S History > True Crime > Jack the Ripper World History > UK & Ireland > England > London

By M J Trow
Imprint: Wharncliffe True Crime
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781845631260
Published: 8th October 2009
Last Released: 1st October 2009

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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 frame for the Whitechapel murders. Where ingenious invention and conspiracy theories have failed, common sense has floated out of the window.

M J Trow, in this gripping historical reinvestigation, cuts through the fog of speculation, fantasy and obsession that has concealed the identity of the most famous serial murderer of all time.

Perhaps the most hunted killer of all time is Jack the Ripper, namely because the identity of the Whitechapel murderer has eluded the best manhunters since the 1880's and has created a cottage industry of speculation and finger pointing. The list of suspects runs the gamut from the royal family of England to lunatics of all stripe and national origin, insane doctors, incompetent midwives, policemen and bad lawyers (or barristers, as they are known in Great Britain). Conspiracy theories abound and interpretation of the facts have crossed over into pure imagination.

In Quest for a Killer, Mr. Trow present a rational reexamination of the case,using modern forensic techniques and profiling of the list of known suspects, including a previously unknown one. In doing so, he destroys the conspiracy theories, outlines a new motive for the killings and proves the Ripper killed seven women, not five as everyone is led to believe. His suspect, for which he presents a solid, sane case, is Robert Mann, a Whitechapel resident who worked as a mortuary assistant at the Eagle Place mortuary.

Trow's book is an honest one, painstakingly researched and presented, making for a very plausible case. In addition, he presents a painfully accurate picture of what it was like to live in Victorian London, especially the Whitechapel section.

This book is for Ripperologists and those interested in the time period.

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About M J Trow

M.J. Trow is the author of nearly 100 books covering crime fiction, true crime and historical biography. He is a military historian by training, lectures extensively in the UK and overseas, and has appeared regularly on the History and Discovery Channels. He can be heard in podcasts on all the usual platforms, both as a guest and the main presenter on both historical and true crime subjects. He lives in the Isle of Wight.

Jack the Ripper kills his 1st victim

31st August 1888

In the early hours on the 31st August 1888 Mary Ann Nichols was murdered. She was the first of Jack the Ripper's known victims.


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