Ripper : the secret life of Walter Sickert
by
 
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, author.

Title
Ripper : the secret life of Walter Sickert

Alternate title
Secret life of Walter Sickert

Author
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, author.
 
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.

Summary
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.

General Note
"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."--

Edition
First edition.

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.

Physical Description
553 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Genre
True crime stories.

Personal Subject
Jack, the Ripper.
 
Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942.

Subject Term
Serial murders.

Geographic Term
London (England) -- History -- 19th century.

Author(s)
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.

Publisher
Thomas & Mercer,

Publication Date
2017

ISBN
9781503936874

Publication Information
Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2017]
 
©2017

Call Number
364.152 CORNWEL


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