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The Victims of Jack the Ripper focuses on the five women murdered by the infamous London serial killer. The book explores their lives and not just their deaths, leading to a fuller understanding of them as individuals. The author is the first to have contacted the descendants of these women to learn information that previously was only known to their families. Neal Stubbings Shelden is known in the field of Ripperology as an expert on this topic, having produced several limited edition booklets that have long been sought after by collectors. This highly anticipated volume combines twenty one years of research into one book and includes his most recent findings along with more than forty pages of photographs.
I have come into contact with this information whilst browsing, rather lazily, across the site famously known as "Amazon". I wasn't expecting to find what I did, and I was skeptical of the title at first---I assume that, while this may be a good addition to anyone interested in the Ripper case, it will not be showing any new information.
However, what I find intriguing is that this book claims to be aiming at trying to paint these women in a more humane light, portraying them not as those black-and-white victims that define the horrors of Whitechapel during the late 19th century. The author apparently interview relations of the family and stories based down. Whether this is credible evidence or not it is at least worth the try. His research apparently turned up interesting family stories as well as one bit of sad irony: when Catharine Eddowes' cousin was hanged for murder in 1866, she profited from the tragedy by selling a gallows ballad about the crime to the crowd in attendance.
Thoughts and opinions would be very much appreciated, thank you.
I have come into contact with this information whilst browsing, rather lazily, across the site famously known as "Amazon". I wasn't expecting to find what I did, and I was skeptical of the title at first---I assume that, while this may be a good addition to anyone interested in the Ripper case, it will not be showing any new information.
However, what I find intriguing is that this book claims to be aiming at trying to paint these women in a more humane light, portraying them not as those black-and-white victims that define the horrors of Whitechapel during the late 19th century. The author apparently interview relations of the family and stories based down. Whether this is credible evidence or not it is at least worth the try. His research apparently turned up interesting family stories as well as one bit of sad irony: when Catharine Eddowes' cousin was hanged for murder in 1866, she profited from the tragedy by selling a gallows ballad about the crime to the crowd in attendance.
Thoughts and opinions would be very much appreciated, thank you.
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