Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim

Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim image
ISBN-10:

1936383691

ISBN-13:

9781936383696

Edition: First Ed
Released: Jun 27, 2011
Publisher: Eraserhead Pr
Format: Paperback, 168 pages
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Description:

This novel is part of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series. Each novel in the series is a stand-alone story.In Victorian London, the greatest city of the richest country in the world, the industrial revolution has created a world of decadence and prosperity, but also one of unimaginable suffering. Ever-present in its streets are rats, parasites, filth, death, decay, danger and sorrow.Catherine Eddowes is found murdered gruesomely in the street. When the police make their report, the only indicators of her life are the possessions carried on her person, likely everything she owned in the world.In Of Thimble and Threat, Alan M. Clark tells the heartbreaking story of Catherine Eddowes, the fourth victim of Jack the Ripper, explaining the origin and acquisition of the items found with her at the time of her death, chronicling her life from childhood to adulthood, motherhood, her descent into alcoholism, and finally her death.Of Thimble and Threat is a story of the intense love between a mother and a child, a story of poverty and loss, fierce independence, and unconquerable will. It is the devastating portrayal of a self-perpetuated descent into Hell, a lucid view into the darkest parts of the human heart.

























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