Author(s): Richard A. Patterson
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 399
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Language: English
Date Published: 2017-02-28
Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 20.83mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
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Illustrations: Illustrations, black and white

Francis Thompson in 1888. He was an ex-medical student with a dissecting scalpel, and a history of mental illness and trouble with the police. He had just broken up with a prostitute and had written about cutting women's stomachs open. At the same time, a few yards from his refuge, a woman was knifed, as part of a spate of prostitute murders, which one coroner said was by someone who had considerable anatomical skill and knowledge. Richard A. Patterson sets out a compelling case for English poet Francis Thompson as the prime suspect for Jack the Ripper in this must-read for Ripperologists the world over.