I did find this book to be extremely informative and well written and also very well researched. I think if you have any sort of interest in learning about Jack the Ripper, this is definitely a book you should read. Not only will you be more informed of more of the letters, but also learn more about the media in the Victorian era and just how difficult it was for the police to actually hunt down and catch Jack the Ripper. People would be writing letters saying who they think it is because someone acted slightly suspiciously, or people would be writing fake letters to their neighbours for a laugh but these letters would be handed into the police because of the threats they contain. The whole situation was incredible and the frenzy it caused all over the world to me was shocking as I just wasn’t expecting it to be so well known worldwide before the internet and social media. This book is very interesting and I do recommend it to anyone interested in Jack the Ripper.
Laura Caldwell, Life and Tea, May 2019
I did find this book to be extremely informative and well written and also very well researched. I think if you have any sort of interest in learning about Jack the Ripper, this is definitely a book you should read. Not only will you be more informed of more of the letters, but also learn more about the media in the Victorian era and just how difficult it was for the police to actually hunt down and catch Jack the Ripper. People would be writing letters saying who they think it is because someone acted slightly suspiciously, or people would be writing fake letters to their neighbours for a laugh but these letters would be handed into the police because of the threats they contain. The whole situation was incredible and the frenzy it caused all over the world to me was shocking as I just wasn’t expecting it to be so well known worldwide before the internet and social media. This book is very interesting and I do recommend it to anyone interested in Jack the Ripper.
Laura Caldwell, Life and Tea, May 2019
Dick Kirby has further enhanced his reputation with this book … (he) relies on the court and official records as well as the personal memories from retired police officers that give Dick Kirby’s books such an extra dimension of authenticity.
Alan Moss, author of The Victorian Detective
Dick Kirby has further enhanced his reputation with this book … (he) relies on the court and official records as well as the personal memories from retired police officers that give Dick Kirby’s books such an extra dimension of authenticity.
Alan Moss, author of The Victorian Detective
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐[b] Absolutely fascinating and absorbing [/b]
This book covers fascinating aspects of life in Portsmouth well before the main suffrage movement and this background enhances our understanding of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century suffragettes and suffragists. There are excellent illustrations and the whole book is beautifully produced and simply full of wonderful nuggets of information. Great value and a worthwhile acquisition for anyone interested in social, maritime or women's history.
Amazon Customer
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐[b] Absolutely fascinating and absorbing [/b]
This book covers fascinating aspects of life in Portsmouth well before the main suffrage movement and this background enhances our understanding of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century suffragettes and suffragists. There are excellent illustrations and the whole book is beautifully produced and simply full of wonderful nuggets of information. Great value and a worthwhile acquisition for anyone interested in social, maritime or women's history.
Amazon Customer
This interesting book is presented as an exposure of criminality on the canal system, and it does achieve that objective rather well.
In this case, as Anthony indicates, John Turner’s family remained unconvinced by the verdict but this had occurred in a world where our modern opportunities for evidential examination just did not exist. This is a valuable snapshot into that former world.
The Historian
This interesting book is presented as an exposure of criminality on the canal system, and it does achieve that objective rather well.
In this case, as Anthony indicates, John Turner’s family remained unconvinced by the verdict but this had occurred in a world where our modern opportunities for evidential examination just did not exist. This is a valuable snapshot into that former world.
The Historian
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