Capturing Jack the Ripper
In the Boots of a Bobby in Victorian London
Published on 15. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4456-5520-8 (ISBN)
Description
During the autumn of 1888 a serial killer stalked, brutally murdering his way through the East End of London. Some called him the 'Whitechapel Monster', while locals referred to him as 'Leather Apron', but to the world he was known as Jack the Ripper.
The responsibility to capture this 'murderous fiend' fell upon the men of London's Metropolitan and City police forces. Capturing Jack the Ripper investigates the working lives of these men, and what it took to become one of Queen Victoria's police constables, from recruitment to training to life as a bobby.
Join the police as they go out into the dank, crime-infested, gaslit abyss known as Whitechapel and try to capture Jack the Ripper.
The responsibility to capture this 'murderous fiend' fell upon the men of London's Metropolitan and City police forces. Capturing Jack the Ripper investigates the working lives of these men, and what it took to become one of Queen Victoria's police constables, from recruitment to training to life as a bobby.
Join the police as they go out into the dank, crime-infested, gaslit abyss known as Whitechapel and try to capture Jack the Ripper.
Reviews / Votes
'A must-have... The only thing wrong with this book is that you come to the end of it.' -- PAUL BEGG * Ripperologist * 'An in-depth overview of the Ripper murders investigation... This is a must-have book for all Ripperologists, as well as the interested reader of the genre.' * STEWART P. EVANS, author of The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chalford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
32 Plates, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 123 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4456-5520-8 (9781445655208)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Neil R. A. Bell is one of the most respected students of the Ripper case. He has been published extensively in specialist journals such as Ripperologist and Casebook Examiner, as well as for the BBC. Neil has written numerous articles upon the case and was the runner-up for the Jeremy Beadle Prize for the year's best articles featured in Ripperologist magazine in 2009 and 2010. Neil has also recently been Police Advisor for the Channel Five documentary Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Story.