Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-528) and index.
Summary:
From New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell comes Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert, a comprehensive and intriguing exposé of one of the worlds most chilling cases of serial murderand the police force that failed to solve it. Vain and charismatic Walter Sickert made a name for himself as a painter in Victorian London. But the ghoulish nature of his artas well as extensive evidencepoints to another name, one thats left its bloody mark on the pages of history: Jack the Ripper. Cornwell has collected never-before-seen archival materialincluding a rare mortuary photo, personal correspondence and a will with a mysterious autopsy clauseand applied cutting-edge forensic science to open an old crime to new scrutiny. Incorporating material from Portrait of a Killer: Jack the RipperCase Closed, this new edition has been revised and expanded to include eight new chapters, detailed maps and hundreds of images that bring the sinister case to life.
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