Building up a profile of the most infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, Paul Roland looks at the injuries and mutilations to the various victims, and makes deductions about the weapon and his state of mind at the time.
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Crimes of Jack the Ripper This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7719-9781788280105
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Paperback. Zustand: As New. Sharpen your deerstalker, polish your magnifying glass, and prepare to stroll into Victorian London where the fog has opinions and the newspapers are already three steps ahead of the facts. The Crimes of Jack the Ripper (2018) by Paul Roland ?from Arcturus ?is a brisk, engaging tour through the alleyways of myth, clue, and morality play, led by a narrator who knows when to stick to the evidence and when to raise an eyebrow at the melodrama. It?s the rare Ripper book that tidies the table before it sets out the knives. Roland?s method is admirably unsentimental: he files the folklore, indexes the sources, and gently deflates a century of pub-theory with timelines, contemporary testimony, press coverage, police memoranda, and the odd cartographic reality check . Expect a steady march through the canonical cases, a clear delineation of suspects (from plausible to ?Victorian fan fiction?), and a sober look at the city that manufactured both the crimes and the legend. The result is less ghost train, more museum curator with a dry wit , which is exactly what this topic needed after so many midnight tours. Inside, you?ll find: Clean, chronological case summaries that separate what was reported from what was embellished at 2 a.m. Context that matters : policing limits, geography, class dynamics, and street-level logistics that blow away the romantic fog. Suspect profiles arranged by evidential weight rather than tabloid charisma. (A revolutionary concept, apparently.) Myth-busting sidebars ?the persistent rumours that won?t die, and the footnotes that kindly show them the door. A tone that says ?let?s be grown-ups about this? while still letting the reader enjoy a good detective?s-eye panorama of 1888. Roland isn?t out to crown a culprit so much as to audit a legend . That makes this an ideal starting point for newcomers and a pleasantly deflationary refresher for veterans who?ve been over the cobbles too many times. The book respects the victims, interrogates the sources, and keeps the theatrics where they belong: in the period headlines . Why this copy? It arrives courtesy of the gloriously literal emporium Crappy Old Books , in Condition: As New ?which here means the spine is as uncreased as a fresh warrant, the pages as crisp as a newly folded broadsheet, and the cover as glossy as a gaslamp reflection after rain. In other words, no midnight dog-ears, no pencil conspiracies in the margins, no evidence of prior sleuthing . A crime book with no previous convictions. Vital stats for the armchair inspector: Title: The Crimes of Jack the Ripper Author: Paul Roland Publisher: Arcturus , 2018 ISBN: 9781788280105 Condition: As New (immaculate; positively alibied) Vendor: Crappy Old Books ?the name confesses; the stock is suspiciously excellent. Buy it for the clarity; keep it for the sanity. This is the version of the story that lets the archive speak above the anecdotes, that maps streets instead of moods, and that treats speculation as a spice, not a main course. Pour a sensible cup of tea, open to the timelines, and prepare for the most radical twist of all: evidence that adds up. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4756
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