What book should I get next?

[Cogidubnus]

Hi Milpool

I'd thoroughly recommend it...It's the definitive work on Chapman, most scrupulously researched, and it's up there with the best books I ever read...probably top of my non-fiction reading...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ripper-Myste...george+chapman

All the best

Dave

[GUT]

Not yet, does it come highly recommended?

When it was released I said something like:

If you are interested in Jack, you must know about Chapman
If you want to know about Chapman you need a good book on him
If you can only have one book on Chapman it should be Helena's

That opinion hasn't changed one iota and I stand by it.

[milpool]

Thanks guys, that looks like a goer for me. It's got some great reviews on Amazon too.

[John Malcolm]

Here's a free one (of a few that are on this site). It's nearly ten years old: http://www.casebook.org/ripper_media/rps.malcolm.html

[HelenaWojtczak]

If you are interested in Jack, you must know about Chapman
If you want to know about Chapman you need a good book on him
If you can only have one book on Chapman it should be Helena's

That opinion hasn't changed one iota and I stand by it.

Goodness me! I am blushing now!

Thank you for your kind words. A lot of work went into the book and it makes it all worthwhile to find that people find it of use.

The 3rd imprint has sold out. Amazon has only 3 left in stock but I have ordered another batch and they'll be arriving any day now ...

Helena

[GUT]

And I will add that I don't think Chapman was Jack, but at least this book is well researched, well written and thought through.

I feel the same about Tom's book [Bank Holiday Murders], I don't buy all the suggestions, but what I say above about Helena's book applies equally to Tom's.

[GUT]

Goodness me! I am blushing now!

Thank you for your kind words. A lot of work went into the book and it makes it all worthwhile to find that people find it of use.

The 3rd imprint has sold out. Amazon has only 3 left in stock but I have ordered another batch and they'll be arriving any day now ...

Helena

Wow!! Congratulations, I wasn't even aware there had been a 3rd imprint, last I recall it was upto number 2.

[Tom_Wescott]

And I will add that I don't think Chapman was Jack, but at least this book is well researched, well written and thought through.

I feel the same about Tom's book [Bank Holiday Murders], I don't buy all the suggestions, but what I say above about Helena's book applies equally to Tom's.

Thanks for that, Gut. Are you under the impression that Helena argued for Chapman having been the Ripper?

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[GUT]

Thanks for that, Gut. Are you under the impression that Helena argued for Chapman having been the Ripper?

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

No, I was just trying to make it clear that it was not an influence in my opinion of her book. Just like saying I didn't agree with everything in yours, perhaps I should have worded it differently.

[Tom_Wescott]

No, I was just trying to make it clear that it was not an influence in my opinion of her book. Just like saying I didn't agree with everything in yours, perhaps I should have worded it differently.

Yes, it was a little confusing, but I got you now.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[martin wilson]

Not been online for a while, I'm fairly certain not having a laptop has something to do with it. anyway absolutely delighted Toms Wiki entry can start 'Award winning author Tom Westcott'. congratulations.
all the best.

[martin wilson]

or even Wescott,sorry.

[Tom_Wescott]

Not been online for a while, I'm fairly certain not having a laptop has something to do with it. anyway absolutely delighted Toms Wiki entry can start 'Award winning author Tom Westcott'. congratulations.
all the best.

Hi Martin, thanks for that. I think it'll be a while before I justify a Wiki entry.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[RockySullivan]

hi y'all i'm wondering if anyone knows about early published works about the ripper? I assume Leather Apron is the first, what books followed in the years later? Anyone read a good one that stands out? also are there any torso books? "the thames torso murders" book is a suspect book so thats a no, and mei trow's looks little better...are there any other options? If not...HOW?!

[Rosella]

How far back do you want to go? Have you read Leonard Matters' 1929 book on Jack, 'The Mystery of Jack the Ripper'?

'Jack the Ripper: A Bibliography and Review of the Literature' by Alexander Kelly and David Sharp, which also lists fiction, drama, films, music on Jack, though only up to 1995, is a good read.