They all love Jack : busting the Ripper
Title:
They all love Jack : busting the Ripper
Author:
Robinson, Bruce, 1946- author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Infinitum Nihil, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
©2015.
Physical Description:
xiii, 850 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
A reinterpretation of the case of Jack the Ripper focuses on the "why" instead of the "who, " theorizing that the residents of London society's finest homes created him as an outlet for their own hidden violent and taboo proclivities.
Language:
English
Contents:
Author's note -- All the widow's men -- A conspiracy of bafflement -- The mystic tie -- The funny little game -- The savages -- On the square -- The ink-stained hack -- The double event: part two -- Rotten to the core -- 'They all love jack' -- On Her Majesty's Service -- The mouth of the maggot -- A gentleman's lair -- 'Orpheus' -- 'The Ezekiel hit' -- 'Red tape' -- 'The spirit of evil' -- 'The Maybrick mystery' -- Victorian values -- Appendix I: The Parnell frame-up -- Appendix II: A very curious letter.
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ISBN:
9780062296375
Format :
Book
