Title:
They all love Jack : busting the Ripper / Bruce Robinson.
Author:
Robinson, Bruce, 1946- author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Infinitum Nihil, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
©2015
Call Number:
HV6535.G6 L65735 2015
Abstract:
A reinterpretation of the case of Jack the Ripper focuses on the "why" instead of the "who," theorizing that the residents of London society's finest homes created him as an outlet for their own hidden violent and taboo proclivities.
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
ISBN:
9780062296375
Physical Description:
xiii, 850 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Author's note -- All the widow's men -- A conspiracy of bafflement -- The mystic tie -- The funny little game -- The savages -- On the square -- The ink-stained hack -- The double event: part two -- Rotten to the core -- 'They all love jack' -- On Her Majesty's Service -- The mouth of the maggot -- A gentleman's lair -- 'Orpheus' -- 'The Ezekiel hit' -- 'Red tape' -- 'The spirit of evil' -- 'The Maybrick mystery' -- Victorian values -- Appendix I: The Parnell frame-up -- Appendix II: A very curious letter.
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