When Jack the Ripper walked onto the streets of the East End he came torepresent everything that was wrong with the area and with society as a whole.He was fear... » 

When Jack the Ripper walked onto the streets of the East End he came torepresent everything that was wrong with the area and with society as a whole.He was fear in a human form an unknown lurker in the shadows who could crossboundaries and kill. Jack the Ripper The Definitive History is not yetanother attempt to identify the culprit. Instead the book sets the murders intheir historical context examining in depth what East London was like in 1888how it came to be that way and how events led to one of the most infamous andgrisly episodes of the Victorian era. Paul Begg is one of the worlds foremostexperts on the case of Jack the Ripper. He is the author of Jack the RipperThe Facts and coauthor of The Jack the Ripper A to Z. He is the Editor ofthe Ripperologist magazine. «