Jack the Ripper, The Works of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson in 1888. He was an ex-medical student with a dissecting scalpel, and a history of mental illness and trouble with the police. He had just broken up with a prostitute and had written about cutting women's stomachs open. At the same time, a few yards from his refuge, a woman was knifed, as part of a spate of prostitute murders, which one coroner said was by someone who had considerable anatomical skill and knowledge. Richard A. Patterson sets out a compelling case for English poet Francis Thompson as the prime suspect for Jack the Ripper in this must-read for Ripperologists the world over.

• | Author: Richard A. Patterson
• | Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishing
• | Publication Date: Feb 28, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 399 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1786934493
• | ISBN-13: 9781786934499