Ripper Hunter : Abberline and the Whitechapel Murders / M. J. Trow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trow, M. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abberline, Frederick, 1843-1929.

Abberline, Frederick.

Police--England--London--History--19th century.

Police.

Serial murder investigation--England--London--Biography.

Serial murder investigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire : True Crime, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Who was Inspector Frederick Abberline, the lead detective in the Jack the Ripper case? Why did he and his fellow policemen fail to catch the most notorious serial killer of Victorian England? What was he like as a man, as a professional policeman, one of the best detectives of his generation? And how did he investigate the sequence of squalid, bloody murders that repelled - and fascinated - contemporaries and has been the subject of keen controversy ever since? Here at last in M.J. Trow's compelling biography of this pre-eminent Victorian policeman are the answers to these intriguing questions

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Plates""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""The Detectives� Rescue""; ""1. Will the real Inspector Abberline �?""; ""2. The Clocksmith from Blandford""; ""3. The Boy in Blue""; ""4. �Glory O! Glory O!�""; ""5. The Abyss""; ""6. Hunting Jack""; ""7. Lost in Theories""; ""8. The Diaries of G.F. Abberline""; ""9. �Jack the Ripper ... at last!�""; ""10. �Going To Bed with Gentlemen�""; ""11. �We Never Sleep!�""; ""12. A Policeman�s Lot""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174) and index.

ISBN:

9781783378555

1783378557

OCLC:

854974654