JACK THE RIPPER THE BLOODY TRUTH

Hardback. 1st edn. The author shows that the byways of the search for the Ripper's identity are littered with fake documents, mangled and doctored quotations, falsified and imaginative testimonies. "What was so special, so alluring about this case? Those corrupted include a retired detective-sergeant; an eminent specialist on mental disorders; a best-selling novelist; a saintly spiritualist; and a bunch of American journalists". Illus. in colour and b/w + Map of Whitechapel Murders and pictorial eps. Select Bibliog. 192pp. 4to. h/back. With several small indentations to fr. cover. Nr. Vg. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage if shipped overseas.