ISBN10: 0701182474, ISBN13: 9780701182472, [publisher: Chattow & Windus] Hardcover First Edition Hardback. Intro' by Peter Ackroyd. 'The words 'Jack the Ripper and the East End' conjure up a vision of the darker side of Victorian London - dimly lit alleys, foggy nights, prostitutes, poverty and horrific murder. How does this image square up with the facts? First published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Museum in Docklands, this book examines the Whitechapel Murders from many sides and delves into both the myth and the reality. It is not so much the crimes themselves that are under the microscope here but the intricate landscape of the East End. We discover how Whitechapel became, in the minds of Victorians, the site of disgust, danger and moral desolation. Previously unseen photographs from the Museum of London's collection capture the grim reality of everyday life in the East End. Leading historians throw fascinating new light on the inhabitants of Whitechapel and Spitalfields at the time of the murders. There are insights into prostitution, sexual violnce and policing. The Flower and Dean Street rookery, with its cheap lodging houses, associated with all the Whitechapel murder victims, is set alongside slum clearance. The new model dwellings that catered for respectable artisans and their families are shown actually to have made the situation worse for the poorest, including many who were deserving but unfortunate. The ...
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ISBN10: 0701182474, ISBN13: 9780701182472, [publisher: Published by Chatto & Windus in association with the Museum in Docklands & Museum of London, London] Hardcover Introduced by Peter Ackroyd.4to. pp. 288.index, Illustrations in black & white and colour. map endpapers. Original black hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Very Good. A lavishly illustrated book on the dark period in Victorian London's Whitechapel when Jack The Ripper murdered his victims. Leading historians throw fascinating new light on the area, the poverty, deprivation and immigration.
[Buderim, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 2008]
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ISBN10: 0701182474, ISBN13: 9780701182472, [publisher: Chatto & Windus,, Great Britain] Hardcover First Edition 287 pages. Illustrated.
[Gympie, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 2008]
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ISBN10: 0701182474, ISBN13: 9780701182472, [publisher: Chatto & Windus] Hardcover New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]