JACK THE RIPPER Quest For A Killer

Hardback. 'For a hundred and twenty years, the identity of the Whitechapel murderer known as Jack the Ripper has both eluded us and spawned a veritable industry of speculation. This remarkable new book names him. And it identifies two additional victims. Mad doctors, Russian lunatics, bungling midwives, railway policemen, failed barristers, weird artists, royal princes and white-eyed men. All of these and more have been put in the frame for the Whitechapel murders. Ingenious invention and conspiracy theories have all failed, and common sense has floated out of the window.' In a gripping re-investigation, the author cuts through the fog of speculation, fantasy and obsession that has concealed the identity of the most famous serial murderer of all time. Published in conjunction with 'Jack the Ripper: Killer Revealed', an Atlantic Productions film in association with Discovery Channel, Science Channel and FreemantleMedia Enterprises. Illus. with Maps and Plates, Notes, Bibliog. and Index. 208pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in Nr. F. dw.