Tweet
Knowing your sources
I wouldn't worry too much about that kind of thing, she actually thought a fictional book was an authentic account of the times surrounding the Whitechapel Murders!
THE PRIVATE WORLD OF ST. JOHN TERRAPIN a Novel of the cafe Royal
The fictional novel covers the life of St John Terrapin, and what he heard during his years spent at the Cafe Royal of London.
Written by fiction author and journalist Chapman Pincher this novel looks briefly at the Whitechapel Murders, as Terrapin overhears Abberline stating,
"the bloody fools killed the wrong women. Mistress Kelly is still alive!"
The plot however falls apart at this point as it is revealed that this conversation is alleged to have taken place 1 month before the murder of Mary Kelly!
Fans of Ripper related fiction will love it, but it only covers the murders in a small section, and even then it fails to report the facts. Still as it is fiction, it is worth a read.
It's one thing to discount "A rumour" but it's another thing altogether to write a book about it!
I wouldn't worry too much about that kind of thing, she actually thought a fictional book was an authentic account of the times surrounding the Whitechapel Murders!
THE PRIVATE WORLD OF ST. JOHN TERRAPIN a Novel of the cafe Royal
The fictional novel covers the life of St John Terrapin, and what he heard during his years spent at the Cafe Royal of London.
Written by fiction author and journalist Chapman Pincher this novel looks briefly at the Whitechapel Murders, as Terrapin overhears Abberline stating,
"the bloody fools killed the wrong women. Mistress Kelly is still alive!"
The plot however falls apart at this point as it is revealed that this conversation is alleged to have taken place 1 month before the murder of Mary Kelly!
Fans of Ripper related fiction will love it, but it only covers the murders in a small section, and even then it fails to report the facts. Still as it is fiction, it is worth a read.
It's one thing to discount "A rumour" but it's another thing altogether to write a book about it!
Comment