Why a Booktrail?
1898- 1891: This is not just another Ripper tome – this is a book by Paul Begg – one of the world’s foremost experts on the case of Jack the Ripper and Editor of the Ripperologist magazine.
Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History
What you need to know before your trail
Jack the Ripper must be one of the most notorious murders in Victorian England. But what was London like at the time? What did it feel like to live in London at the time and feel the fear that was spreading throughout the city.
England in the 1880s was a society in transition, moving away from its Victorian ways, towards a more modern age.
This is the book which places the murders and the fear into the context of the time and takes a look at the killer, his victims and the world in which they lived.
Travel Guide
But London at that time,it was a city of promiscuity, moral decline, prostitution, unemployment, poverty, police inefficiency… all these things combined to create a feeling of uncertainty and fear.
The East End of London became the focus of that fear. Whitechapel was known for its uneducated, poverty-ridden and morally destitute masses. Jack the Ripper walked onto the streets of the East End and put into stark contrast everything that was wrong about society as a whole.
Streetview Maps
A) Whitechapel - Bucks Row
D) Whitechapel - Mitre Square
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History
Author/Guide: Paul Begg Destination: London Departure Time: 1888- 1891
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