Whitechapel Autumn of Error by Ian Porter
Whitechapel 1888; a killer is on the loose and the newspapers are ensuring the nation knows all about not just the crimes but the terrible living conditions in which they are being perpetrated. Nashey, a tough, scary yet charismatic man of the night, whose mother had to prostitute herself when he was a boy, knows the identity of the killer but keeps it a secret. He believes the publicity generated by the murders is forcing the authorities to address the poverty and degradation in the area. He allows the killer to remain free (whilst ensuring no more women are attacked) so the unsolved murders continue to dominate the headlines. He meets Sookey, an eccentric middle-class slummer and civilising influence. The two of them share a mutual friend, Mary Kelly, a fiery young prostitute whose back-story tells of how she was reduced to such a life. To fund his surveillance of the killer, Nashey agrees, against his better judgement, to assist an old adversary to commit a daring night robbery under the noses of the huge police presence in the area. Is it too late for Nashey and Mary to correct their mistakes?
Ian Porter is a historian and lecturer specialising in Social History from the 1830s to the Great War/Spanish Flu. He is particularly interested in women’s history and London working class history. His highly acclaimed novels include Suffragette Autumn Women’s Spring and A Plague on Both Your Houses. Whitechapel Autumn of Error is his fourth novel. Ian was a Chancellors Prize Winner at the University of Birmingham, and lives in Hampshire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781805143987 |
| ISBN 10 | 1805143980 |
| Title | Whitechapel Autumn of Error |
| Author | Ian Porter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Troubador Publishing |
| Year published | 2024-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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