Rivals of the Ripper (eBook)
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352 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6857-7 (ISBN)
352 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6857-7 (ISBN)
When discussing unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, most people think of the depredations of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, whose sanguineous exploits have spawned the creation of a small library of books. But Jack the Ripper was just one of a string of phantom murderers whose unsolved slayings outraged late Victorian Britain. The mysterious Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent and Euston Square murders were talked about with bated breath, and the northern part of Bloomsbury got the unflattering nickname of the 'murder neighbourhood' for its profusion of unsolved mysteries. Marvel at the convoluted Kingswood Mystery, littered with fake names and mistaken identities; be puzzled by the blackmail and secret marriage in the Cannon Street Murder; and shudder at the vicious yet silent killing in St Giles that took place in a crowded house in the dead of night. This book is the first to resurrect these unsolved Victorian murder mysteries, and to highlight the ghoulish handiwork of the Rivals of the Ripper: the spectral killers of gas-lit London.
JAN BONDESON is a senior lecturer and consultant rheumatologist at the University of Wales College of Medicine. His many critically acclaimed books include Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, The Great Pretenders and the best-selling Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear. A respected true crime historian he has written twenty books, among them The London Monster and Rivals of the Ripper (both The History Press).
When discussing unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, most people think of the depredations of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, whose sanguineous exploits have spawned the creation of a small library of books. But Jack the Ripper was just one of a string of phantom murderers whose unsolved slayings outraged late Victorian Britain. The mysterious Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent and Euston Square murders were talked about with bated breath, and the northern part of Bloomsbury got the unflattering nickname of the 'murder neighbourhood' for its profusion of unsolved mysteries. Marvel at the convoluted Kingswood Mystery, littered with fake names and mistaken identities; be puzzled by the blackmail and secret marriage in the Cannon Street Murder; and shudder at the vicious yet silent killing in St Giles that took place in a crowded house in the dead of night. This book is the first to resurrect these unsolved Victorian murder mysteries, and to highlight the ghoulish handiwork of the Rivals of the Ripper: the spectral killers of gas-lit London.
JAN BONDESON is a senior lecturer and consultant rheumatologist at the University of Wales College of Medicine. His many critically acclaimed books include Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, The Great Pretenders and the best-selling Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear. A respected true crime historian he has written twenty books, among them The London Monster and Rivals of the Ripper (both The History Press).
When discussing unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, most people think of the depredations of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, whose sanguineous exploits have spawned the creation of a small library of books. But Jack the Ripper was just one of a string of phantom murderers whose unsolved slayings outraged late Victorian Britain. The mysterious Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent and Euston Square murders were talked about with bated breath, and the northern part of Bloomsbury got the unflattering nickname of the 'murder neighbourhood' for its profusion of unsolved mysteries. Marvel at the convoluted Kingswood Mystery, littered with fake names and mistaken identities; be puzzled by the blackmail and secret marriage in the Cannon Street Murder; and shudder at the vicious yet silent killing in St Giles that took place in a crowded house in the dead of night. This book is the first to resurrect these unsolved Victorian murder mysteries, and to highlight the ghoulish handiwork of the Rivals of the Ripper: the spectral killers of gas-lit London.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.2.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller | |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Schlagworte | blackmail|secret marriage • Bloomsbury • Jack the Ripper • Jack the Ripper, Victorian Era, Who Was Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Victims, London Crime, London history, Whitechapel Murderer, Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent, Euston Square, murders, Bloomsbury, Kingswood Mystery, Cannon Street Murder, St Giles, unsolved murders, victorian crime • Killers • kingswood mystery • late Victorian Britain • mistaken identities • murder mysteries • murder neighbourhood • Real Crime • secret marriage, mistaken identities, the cannon street murder, st giles, silent murder, murder mysteries, killers, real crime, true crime, Victorian crime, Victorian era, women in history, women's history • silent murder • St Giles • the burton crescent murders • the cannon street murder • the Euston square murders • the great coram street murders • The Whitechapel Murderer • True Crime • Unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London • Unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, jack the ripper, the whitechapel murderer, late Victorian Britain, the great coram street murders, the burton crescent murders, the Euston square murders, Bloomsbury, murder neighbourhood, unsolved mysteries, kingswood mystery, blackmail, • unsolved mysteries • victorian crime • Victorian Era • victorian era, Victorian • Women in History • Women's history |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7509-6857-5 / 0750968575 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7509-6857-7 / 9780750968577 |
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