The Ripper Code - Softcover

Toughill, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752452762 ISBN 13: 9780752452760

Verlag: The History Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Thomas Toughill applies his detective skills to one of the greatest mysteries, the identity of Jack the Ripper. The result is a book which is as original as it is enthralling. Toughill suggests that Jack the Ripper was a former "friend" of Oscar Wilde and that Wilde dropped hints about this in several of his works, most notably The Picture of Dorian Gray, which Wilde wrote in 1889, the year after the Ripper murders took place. In fascinating detail, the author argues that Wilde's story, that of a privileged man whose life of vice in the East End of London turns him into a murderer, is in fact a coded message about the Ripper's identity. The Ripper Code is not just a fascinating voyage through the writings of Oscar Wilde , however; it is also a striking example of original detective work. Here, as in his previous books, Toughill unveils stunning evidence from a hitherto untapped source and uses it to devastating effect in arguing his case.

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Thomas Toughill has labored in a whisky distillery, been an intelligence officer in Hong Kong, and been a bodyguard for Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon. He is the author of Oscar Slater: The Immortal Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The History Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0752452762
• ISBN 13: 9780752452760
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
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