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Jack the Ripper Victor Stapleton

Jack the Ripper By Victor Stapleton

Jack the Ripper by Victor Stapleton


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Summary

Over a century ago terror stalked the streets of Whitechapel. Jack the Ripper's brutal campaign of murder panicked Victorian London at the time, but his legacy reaches out to the present day.

Jack the Ripper Summary

Jack the Ripper: The Murders, the Mystery, the Myth by Victor Stapleton

Over a century ago terror stalked the streets of Whitechapel. Jack the Ripper's brutal campaign of murder panicked Victorian London at the time, but his legacy reaches out to the present day. If anything the story of Jack is now more confusing, obscure and mysterious than ever. With each passing generation, new theories and suspects spring up, adding a new page to a legend that has turned Jack from a historical figure into a mythical character who has become a star of folklore, literature and cinema. Within these pages Victor Stapleton embarks on a quest to uncover the real tale of Jack the Ripper, retracing his bloody tracks through the foggy alleys of London to finally reveal the true story of Jack the Ripper.

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'...if there are budding Ripperologists in the family then this could be the overview you're looking for.' (Paul Begg, Ripperologist magazine)

About Victor Stapleton

Victor Stapleton has studied Victorian criminology and the Whitechapel Murders for 30 years, first visiting the crime scenes during the centenary of the murders in 1988. As an English literature scholar he has a particular interest in how the Ripper story relates tragic true crimes through the lens of late Gothic fiction and sensation literature. Born and raised in Malaysia, Darren grew up drawing spaceships, dinosaurs and the stuff of his imagination, which was fuelled by movies and computer games. Inspired by these, he went on to study animation and later graduated as a Computer Animator from Sheridan College, Canada. After a brief stint in 3D animation, he decided to trade in polygons for a wacom tablet. Now he works as a digital concept artist at Imaginary Friends Studios and is enjoying getting paid for his hobby. Apart from his passion for art and all things Medieval he is also a big fan of The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars and enjoys delving into Church history. He now lives with his beautiful wife in sunny Singapore.

Table of Contents

Introduction /The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 /The police investigation / Copycats, scares and the aftermath /Ripper suspects of the day /Modern day suspects /Conspiracy theories /The Ripper in folklore /The Ripper in literature / The Ripper on film and television /Reimagining the Ripper /References and further reading /Index

Additional information

GOR007500643
9781472806062
1472806069
Jack the Ripper: The Murders, the Mystery, the Myth by Victor Stapleton
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20141020
80
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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