Ripper : the secret life of Walter Sickert / Patricia Cornwell.
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TextPublisher: Seattle, [Wash.] : Thomas & Mercer, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 553 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781503936874Subject(s): Jack, the Ripper | Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942 | Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century | Whitechapel (London, England) -- HistoryGenre/Form: True crime stories. DDC classification: 364.1523092 Summary: 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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 364.1523 COR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111066801729 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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