JACK THE RIPPER THE BLOODY TRUTH

Hardback, Reprint. 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. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his b/plate to fep. F. in Nr. F. dw. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage if shipped overseas.