The complete Jack the Ripper
By: Donald Rumbelow.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: W.H. Allen; Ebury Publishing
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Jack, the Ripper.; Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.; Whitechapel (London, England) -- History.
Description: Book Description: Discover the theories and facts surrounding the Whitechapel murders in David Rumbelow's "The Complete Jack the Ripper" ... It is 1888 in London's Whitechapel district, where one by one a group of prostitutes are brutally murdered. Opium smoking Inspector Fred Abberline is called upon to investigate these horrific murders and through his visions track down and trap Jack the Ripper. David Rumbelow's casebook sets the crimes firmly in their historical setting, examines the evidence comprehensively and scrupulously, disposes of a number of theories and legends and relates the murder to popular literature and to later similar sex crimes. In addition he has had the advantage of access to some of Scotland Yard's most confidential papers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-295) and index.