Jack the Ripper
$95.08
- Hardcover
1008 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2021
Summary
Jack the Ripper: Unmasking the Legend
Fact. Fiction. Legend. The predatory ritual, the escalating savagery of the crimes, the grisly trophies taken from his victim’s bodies, the games played with his pursuers, the cannibalism: Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror in London’s East End during the autumn of 1888 casts a long shadow.
Many have murdered more, but few have killed so brutally and none have forged such an enduring legend. For a century and a quarter the Ripper’s crimes…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800240292 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1800240295 |
| Author: | Otto Penzler |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Head of Zeus |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1008 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.48kg |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 180mm x 70mm |
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Critics Review
Penzler has dug deep in producing Jack the Ripper, a carefully chosen 1000 pages of fascinating Ripperama… Not meant for quick absorption, but dipping in and out is thoroughly recommended’ * The Times *This is far more than a re-tread of the known facts… Otto has assembled a truly stellar cast of contributors… The perfect nugget nestling at the heart of this mammoth compendium, however, is the chance to read Marie Belloc Lowndes’ influential The Lodger in both forms’ * Shots Magazine *Fascinating and thought-provoking. Not a stone is left unturned in this vast exploration of all the horrors that Jack the Ripper committed * The Bookbag *
About The Author
Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, founder of the Mysterious Press, and a two-time Edgar award-winner.
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