{"product_id":"rivals-of-the-ripper-jan-bondeson-9780750996860","title":"Rivals of the Ripper: Unsolved Murders of Women in Late Victorian London","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen discussing unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, most people think of the depredations of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer.\u003c\/b\u003e But he was just one of a string of phantom murderers whose unsolved slayings outraged late Victorian Britain. The mysterious Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent and Euston Square murders were talked about with bated breath, and the northern part of Bloomsbury got the unflattering nickname of the 'murder neighbourhood' thanks to its profusion of unsolved mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarvel at the convoluted Kingswood Mystery, littered with fake names and mistaken identities; be puzzled by the blackmail and secret marriage in the Cannon Street Murder; and shudder at the vicious yet silent killing in St Giles that took place in a crowded house in the dead of night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRivals of the Ripper\u003c\/i\u003e is the first to resurrect these unsolved Victorian murder mysteries, and to highlight the ghoulish handiwork of the Rivals of the Ripper: the spectral killers of gas-lit London.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Bondeson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0750996862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780750996860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.30w x 1.04d","brand":"Jan Bondeson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982238875903,"sku":"9780750996860","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a247d5d2-16e9-4043-9ed0-7ebd0143b6c6.jpg?v=1683260011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rivals-of-the-ripper-jan-bondeson-9780750996860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}