Ripper

A comprehensive and intriguing expos? of one of the world?s most chilling cases of serial murder?and the police force that failed to solve it. Vain and charismatic Walter Sickert made a name for himself as a painter in Victorian London. But the ghoulish nature of his art?as well as extensive evidence?points to another name, one that?s left its bloody mark on the pages of history: Jack the Ripper. Cornwell has collected never-before-seen archival material?including a rare mortuary photo, personal correspondence and a will with a mysterious autopsy clause, and applied cutting-edge forensic science to open an old crime to new scrutiny. Incorporating material from Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper?Case Closed, this new edition has been revised and expanded to include eight new chapters, detailed maps and hundreds of images that bring the sinister case to life.