The Ripper Code
Thomas Toughill applies his detective skills to one of the greatest mysteries, the identity of Jack the Ripper. The result is a book which is as original as it is enthralling. Toughill suggests that Jack the Ripper was a former friend of Oscar Wilde and that Wilde dropped hints about this in several of his works, most notably The Picture of Dorian Gray, which Wilde wrote in 1889, the year after the Ripper murders took place. In fascinating detail, the author argues that Wilde's story, that of a privileged man whose life of vice in the East End of London turns him into a murderer, is in fact a coded message about the Ripper's identity. However…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7509-4875-3
- EAN: 9780750948753
- Produktnummer: 3343822
- Verlag: The History Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.0 cm 400 g
- Gewicht: 400
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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