Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History

by Paul Begg

Book Overview

'The clearest, most accurate, and most up-to-date account of the Ripper murders, by one of Britain's greatest and most respected experts on the "autumn of terror" in Victorian London.'

William D. Rubenstein, Professor of Modern History, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

England in the 1880s was a society in transition, shedding the skin of Victorianism and moving towards a more modern age. Promiscuity, moral decline, prostitution, unemployment,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405807121
• ISBN13: 9781405807128
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Great source of information for anyone studying the relationship between Jack the Ripper and the pre

This book has helped me allot in regards to a project I am working on. When one recognizes the significance between Jack the Ripper and the media, and it's part in ascending him from serial killer to Victorian icon, it is impossible to ignore this book. I highly recommend it.

Title says it all

I had to read this took for a Collage Class and have never enjoyed reading a "textbook" more. Paul Begg is a very entertaining author and gave alot of details concerning the Jack the Ripper Murders. At first he tells about the area of London called Whitechappel where it happened and then he talks about the Ripper Murders themselves. Not only does he give much detail about the Ripper Murders he talks about the Police investigation about it, as well as goes into detail about some of the people that historians and investigaters have claimed were Jack the Ripper. All in all a very comprehensive acount of the Jack the Ripper Murder case.