THE WHITECHAPEL CONSPIRACY

Hardback, 1st US edn. A novel which resonates from the degraded depths of the East End to the seats of the mighty. 'It is spring 1892, Queen Victoria persists in her life of self-absorbed seclusion. The Prince of Wales outrages decent people with his mistresses and profligate ways. The grisly killings of Whitechapel prostitutes by a man dubbed Jack the Ripper remain a frightening enigma. And in a packed Old Bailey courtroom, distinguished soldier John Adinett is sentenced to hang for the inexplicable murder of his friend, Martin Fetters......' With map eps (Whitechapel and Spitalfields etc.) 341pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. F. in F. protected dw. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage if shipped overseas.