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Jack the Ripper: Through the Mists of Time

Jack the Ripper: Through the Mists of Time


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About the Book

Over a century ago a series of shocking mutilation murders took place in a squalid, overcrowded district of Victorian London. Five women fell victim to a man driven by rage and violent fantasy. The newspapers of the day gave him a chilling nickname, a name that evokes images of gas-lit foggy streets and a top-hatted sinister figure carrying a Gladstone bag. From the outset, the murderer attained almost mythical status merely by virtue of his name and his uncanny ability to avoid detection. The legend of Jack the Ripper was born. Peter Hodgson's detailed and entertaining overview of Ripper lore in fact, film and fiction analyses the fiend's awesome legacy. He explores the institutions and the individuals: the Jewish community and their rituals with meat, the scandal-prone royal family, the Victorian police and their simplistic methods of investigation, the streetwalkers and their trade. This book compares the fiction with the reality of those ghastly events, and clearly shows how the real killer has been transformed into a creature of the mind-the 'other' Jack the Ripper. Examination of the victims' mutilations reveals the true nature of 'Jack's' grotesque fantasies. This aspect-coupled with his elementary anatomical knowledge-is used in conjunction with the FBI's appraisal of the case to construct a unique psychological profile. From the long list of candidates the author reveals his prime suspect for the role of the world's most infamous serial killer.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements (1st Edition) Foreword to the First Edition Foreword to the Revised Edition Acknowledgements Quick Reference Illustrations (pages 101 to 107) Murder in Whitechapel Black Bags and Top Hats From a Jack to a Queen Jack in Fiction Jack in Films Holmes and the Ripper Jack's Diary? They Say I'm a Doctor Now Sidelines Bits and Pieces The Mind of Jack the Ripper Select Bibliography Other Sources

About the Author :
Peter Hodgson was born in October 1955 in the Lancashire City of Preston. He was educated at Ashton High School and after leaving he studied at W R Tuson College and later Poulton Teacher Training College. In the 1970s he obtained a job as an energy analyst for a major nuclear establishment in the North-West of England. During his school years he became engrossed in crime fiction and true-life crime - an interest that developed from reading Sherlock Holmes stories. He started writing at an early age and is now the proud author of a crime thriller and non-fiction book about the infamous Jack the Ripper, both published by Pneuma Springs. Peter is currently working on a crime thriller - a harrowing account of one man's search for a forensically aware serial killer. (The author is available for telephone interviews during evenings Monday to Thursday.)

Review :
This is a clear and un-opinionated introduction to the case.(Excerpts from Ripperologist No 123, December 2011) Peter Hodgson's entertaining overview of Saucy Jacky's posthumous career in fact and fiction is a welcome read . . Hodgson has written an easy, entertaining work which is a good change of pace for the cynical Ripper savant and one no true-crime library should be without. (Ripper Notes Vol 4, No 1) All Ripper books should be written like this, as they once were ... Highly Recommended. (Ripperana No 78, October 2011)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781907728259
  • Publisher: Pneuma Springs Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: PS Thriller
  • Height: 210 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Through the Mists of Time
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1907728252
  • Publisher Date: 26 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 335 gr


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