num_pages: 220
description: Softcover. Signed, Numbered (to 100) Limited Edition. When playing the game of Name the Ripper, many authors start with a suspect and attempt to make them fit the facts; some can't even be proved to be in London at the time of the murders. What is required is an ordinary man local to the East End; a man who suffered mental illness, and was known to prowl the streets at night. A man with vast experience of wielding a knife in his place of work, and who had family ties to Wentworth Model Dwellings, where the only clue ever left by the killer - a bloodied portion of apron - was discovered. A man whose admission to a lunatic asylum coincided with the cessation of the Whitechapel murders. A man like Jacob Levy. The book goes some way to explaining the movements of the Whitechapel murderer, the graffiti at Goulston Street, the actions of the police, the ‘Lipski’ link, and ultimately what happened to the murderer. Illus., Appendices, Bibliog. and Index. Trade size softcover with tipped in bookplate signed by both authors and numbered (to 100).
language: English
title: Jacob the Ripper: The Case Against Jacob Levy
publisher: Mango Books