What’s your favourite book?

[Christian]

I like Letters from Hell, as a good look into how the Victorians in general saw these crimes. A lot of them use the name 'Jack the Ripper' to air their grievances under threatening anonymity; others just for gruesome 19th c. fun. It's an interesting look into the psyche of some people at the time and proves that the current interest is not a modern phenomenon.

I like Richard Jones' Casebook for the facsimiles.

Best books for content are Sugden's Complete History and Begg's The Facts.

Great choice indeed!!

[Tani]

I like Letters from Hell, as a good look into how the Victorians in general saw these crimes. A lot of them use the name 'Jack the Ripper' to air their grievances under threatening anonymity; others just for gruesome 19th c. fun. It's an interesting look into the psyche of some people at the time and proves that the current interest is not a modern phenomenon.

I like Richard Jones' Casebook for the facsimiles.

Best books for content are Sugden's Complete History and Begg's The Facts.

[drstrange169]

There's a lot of dross, some good books, some very good books and there's one indispensable book, The Ultimate Jack the ripper Sourcebook, Evans and Skinner.

I have two copies, hardback for Sunday best and a tattered and torn, falling apart from use, pencil underlined, book mark stickered, paperback version.

Correction: Just realised I have three, a Kindle version.

[Christian]

For me, it is the late Philip Sugden's book. I appreciate the lack of bias he presented, and he made what could be seen as "boring" aspects of the case quite interesting.

Great choice and stand out book indeed!!

[Holmes' Idiot Brother]

what is your favourite book on jack and why? For me has to be Lenard Matters for the images he took and the first hand account of Dorset Street/Millers Court and worth few quid!!

For me, it is the late Philip Sugden's book. I appreciate the lack of bias he presented, and he made what could be seen as "boring" aspects of the case quite interesting.

[Wickerman]

lol. youand me both. I would be interested to know your take on it once you have read it wicky, I respect your opinion.

Sheet!, no pressure then
It's about 270 pages so don't wait for me to finish it my friend, but thanks for the vote of confidence anyway.

[Abby Normal]

I'm gonna try this again...



I must have been having a senior moment yesterday. When I went upstairs last night - my Ripper bookcase is upstairs - Hainsworth's book, his 2nd, The Escape of Jack the Ripper (thats what we were talking about, right?), it was sitting there on the shelf as plain as day, good grief!
I had one of those post-it notes in the first chapter, that must be as far as I got.
I just looked on Amazon for the purchase history, bloody hell, page after page, I need to reign in my spending, but anyway. It was there, I had ordered it last October, it doesn't say when it was shipped - but, there you have it.

lol. youand me both. I would be interested to know your take on it once you have read it wicky, I respect your opinion.

[Ms Diddles]

I don’t envy you the dry legal text books Ms D. The toughest book I ever read was during a period when I was interested in the JFK assassination. Best Evidence by David Lifton. He claimed that Kennedy’s wounds were surgically altered during the flight on Airforce One! It was like reading a 600+ page autopsy report! I’d lost the will to live after 100 pages but I finished it.

Ive always got a list of books to re-read to add to the 4 or 5 newer ones waiting to be read. I could do with spending a year in a cave somewhere so that I can try and catch up. Then again...I’m just about to order another book so I give up.

Well, Herlock!


If you have ever wanted an opportunity to catch up with your reading 2020 - 2021 has presumably provided optimum chance of that!

if you're anything like me you'll have saved money as your social life withered on the vine, so you may as well splash the cash on literature!

[Ms Diddles]

Yuck, law texts are the worst.

Ha!

You are right, GUT!

I guess you would know more about that than most!

To be honest, it's just a housing qualification thing for my work, so relatively low level.

Enough for my poor atrophied brain at this time though!

[GUT]

I hear you, Herlock!

TBH I did approach this one with an open mind as I was quite excited at the prospect of a Druitt book containing new research and theories.

As I recall I had high hopes, then kind of lost faith early on after a few silly mistakes which (to my slightly pedantic mind) undermined the books credibility.

I remember thinking I'd have fired the proof reader!!



I'll put it on my book pile for a reassessment though!

Am busy with a couple of Zodiac books at the mo (as recommended by other posters on here).

I also recently watched The Terror and rekindled my fascination with the Franklin expedition, so there are a few books about that awaiting my attention.

All of this reading for pleasure has to be interspersed with dry legal text books for a course I'm doing too, so that pile will be there awhile before I give Hainsworth a second run out!

Yuck, law texts are the worst.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I hear you, Herlock!

TBH I did approach this one with an open mind as I was quite excited at the prospect of a Druitt book containing new research and theories.

As I recall I had high hopes, then kind of lost faith early on after a few silly mistakes which (to my slightly pedantic mind) undermined the books credibility.

I remember thinking I'd have fired the proof reader!!



I'll put it on my book pile for a reassessment though!

Am busy with a couple of Zodiac books at the mo (as recommended by other posters on here).

I also recently watched The Terror and rekindled my fascination with the Franklin expedition, so there are a few books about that awaiting my attention.

All of this reading for pleasure has to be interspersed with dry legal text books for a course I'm doing too, so that pile will be there awhile before I give Hainsworth a second run out!

I don’t envy you the dry legal text books Ms D. The toughest book I ever read was during a period when I was interested in the JFK assassination. Best Evidence by David Lifton. He claimed that Kennedy’s wounds were surgically altered during the flight on Airforce One! It was like reading a 600+ page autopsy report! I’d lost the will to live after 100 pages but I finished it.

Ive always got a list of books to re-read to add to the 4 or 5 newer ones waiting to be read. I could do with spending a year in a cave somewhere so that I can try and catch up. Then again...I’m just about to order another book so I give up.

[Wickerman]

I'm gonna try this again...

wicky
have you read hainsworths latest on druitt?

I must have been having a senior moment yesterday. When I went upstairs last night - my Ripper bookcase is upstairs - Hainsworth's book, his 2nd, The Escape of Jack the Ripper (thats what we were talking about, right?), it was sitting there on the shelf as plain as day, good grief!
I had one of those post-it notes in the first chapter, that must be as far as I got.
I just looked on Amazon for the purchase history, bloody hell, page after page, I need to reign in my spending, but anyway. It was there, I had ordered it last October, it doesn't say when it was shipped - but, there you have it.

[Ms Diddles]

You still might not go for the premise of the book Ms D. I was concerned when I first read it but I know think it’s possible. At least you approach it with an open mind which is all any book can ask.

I hear you, Herlock!

TBH I did approach this one with an open mind as I was quite excited at the prospect of a Druitt book containing new research and theories.

As I recall I had high hopes, then kind of lost faith early on after a few silly mistakes which (to my slightly pedantic mind) undermined the books credibility.

I remember thinking I'd have fired the proof reader!!



I'll put it on my book pile for a reassessment though!

Am busy with a couple of Zodiac books at the mo (as recommended by other posters on here).

I also recently watched The Terror and rekindled my fascination with the Franklin expedition, so there are a few books about that awaiting my attention.

All of this reading for pleasure has to be interspersed with dry legal text books for a course I'm doing too, so that pile will be there awhile before I give Hainsworth a second run out!

[Herlock Sholmes]

It's strange!

I just wasn't into that book (and I have no issue with Druitt as a suspect)!

Maybe I was in a bad mood when I read it!!!

I'm thinking it may deserve a reappraisal as others seem to rate it!

You still might not go for the premise of the book Ms D. I was concerned when I first read it but I know think it’s possible. At least you approach it with an open mind which is all any book can ask.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Not yet Abby, I see the price has come done a bit.
I was planning to buy it months ago, then someone posted that there's nothing new in it except something about a newspaper article from France, or about something that happened in France. They posted the article, so I got a handle of the plot. I never did get around to buying it.
I see now the hardback is almost the same price as the Kindle on Amazon UK, anyway.

I’ve pre-ordered the USA one.