THE LAST VICTIM The Extraordinary Life of Florence Maybrick, the Only Woman to Survive Jack the Ripper (SIGNED)

Hardback. SIGNED. Foreword by Keith Skinner. The remarkable true story of Florence Maybrick, the wife of the alleged author of the 'Ripper Diaries', James Maybrick. In 1889, Maybrick died, apparently as a result of arsenic poisoning. In a notorious and highly unsatisfactory trial, Forence was charged with his murder and sentenced to death. Reprieved dramatically at the last minute, she spent 15-yrs. in prison under horrendous conditions, then died in America in 1941. Was Florence set up? Was Maybrick's death and Florence's subsequent arrest related to the Ripper murders? Did Maybrick in fact die from arsenic poisoning at all? Florence's turbulent life - her marriage to a man now widely believed to be JtR, her scandalous affairs, her arrest for murdering her husband, her sensational trial - is the stuff of high drama. A fascinating historical re-evaluation of one of the most extraordinary true crime puzzles of all time. Illus., References, Bibliog. and Index. 236pp. 8vo h/back. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27). FLAT SIGNED BY ANNE GRAHAM AND CAROL EMMAS, INSC. AND SIGNED BY KEITH SKINNER. Includes Paul's book review, cut-out from 'Ripperologist' and glued-in to fpd and ffep. With a tiny sticker on the protective film to tail of sp. with '1998' written in black felt-tip pen (should have been 1999). V. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. in F. protected dw.