ISBN: 9781138140998

'The clearest most accurate and most up-to-date account of the Ripper murders by one of Britain's greatest and most respected experts on the "autumn of terror" in Victorian London.' W… Altro …

'The clearest most accurate and most up-to-date account of the Ripper murders by one of Britain's greatest and most respected experts on the "autumn of terror" in Victorian London.' William D. Rubenstein Professor of Modern History University of Wales Aberystwyth England in the 1880s was a society in transition shedding the skin of Victorianism and moving towards a more modern age. Promiscuity moral decline prostitution unemployment poverty police inefficiency all these things combined to create a feeling of uncertainty and fear. The East End of London became the focus of that fear. Here lived the uneducated poverty-ridden and morally destitute masses. When Jack the Ripper walked onto the streets of the East End he came to represent everything that was wrong with the area and with society as a whole. He was fear in a human form an unknown lurker in the shadows who could cross boundaries and kill. Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History is not yet another attempt to identify the culprit. Instead the book sets the murders in their historical context examining in depth what East London was like in 1888 how it came to be that way and how events led to one of the most infamous and grisly episodes of the Victorian era.       Media > Books > Print Books new, Routledge<

ISBN: 9781138140998

'The clearest most accurate and most up-to-date account of the Ripper murders by one of Britain's greatest and most respected experts on the "autumn of terror" in Victorian London.' W… Altro …

'The clearest most accurate and most up-to-date account of the Ripper murders by one of Britain's greatest and most respected experts on the "autumn of terror" in Victorian London.' William D. Rubenstein Professor of Modern History University of Wales Aberystwyth England in the 1880s was a society in transition shedding the skin of Victorianism and moving towards a more modern age. Promiscuity moral decline prostitution unemployment poverty police inefficiency all these things combined to create a feeling of uncertainty and fear. The East End of London became the focus of that fear. Here lived the uneducated poverty-ridden and morally destitute masses. When Jack the Ripper walked onto the streets of the East End he came to represent everything that was wrong with the area and with society as a whole. He was fear in a human form an unknown lurker in the shadows who could cross boundaries and kill. Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History is not yet another attempt to identify the culprit. Instead the book sets the murders in their historical context examining in depth what East London was like in 1888 how it came to be that way and how events led to one of the most infamous and grisly episodes of the Victorian era.       new, Routledge<

ISBN: 9781138140998

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], In 1888 the Whitechapel area of London was the scene of some of the most brutal murders ever recorded in history - and yet the case of Jack the Rippe… Altro …

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], In 1888 the Whitechapel area of London was the scene of some of the most brutal murders ever recorded in history - and yet the case of Jack the Ripper remains unsolved. Steering clear of wild conspiracy theories, and spurious attempts to advance new theories about the identity of the culprit, Paul Begg instead provides the facts behind one of the most infamous and grisly episodes of the Victorian era. The book is a social history of Victorian East London as it is about the murders themselves. Begg argues that the case excited such interest precisely because of the notoriety of the East End at the time. Chronological coverage includes detailed accounts of the lives of each of the victims and an examination of the police investigation., Crime & Criminology<

2016, ISBN: 9781138140998

The Definitive History, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Routledge], Routledge, 2016

ISBN: 9781138140998

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