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Jack the Ripper: Case Closed - Softcover

Brandreth, Gyles

 
9781472152312: Jack the Ripper: Case Closed
Softcover
ISBN 10: 147215231X ISBN 13: 9781472152312
Verlag: Corsair, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

London. 1894.

''I am not a detective, chief constable.''

''No, but you are a poet, a freemason and a man of the world. All useful qualifications for the business in hand.''

So says Police Chief Macnaghten to Oscar Wilde, in a Chelsea drawing room in the company of Arthur Conan Doyle. The business they are gathered to discuss is none other than the case of Jack the Ripper, the most notorious murderer in England.

And thus the three men set out to solve one of the world''s most famous mysteries - the ultimate truth about the identity of Jack the Ripper.

Case Closed is Arthur Conan Doyle''s account of the events of 1894, the year of the return of Jack the Ripper. Based on Oscar Wilde''s real-life friendship with Conan Doyle and the extraordinary but little-known fact that in 1894 the detective in charge of the Jack the Ripper investigations was Oscar Wilde''s neighbour in Tite Street, Chelsea, this is a revelatory and gripping detective story, combining the intrigue of a classic murder mystery with a witty and compelling portrait of one of the greatest characters of the Victorian age.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, former MP and Government Whip - and one of Britain's most sought-after award ceremony hosts and after-dinner speakers. A reporter on The One Show on BBC1 and a regular on Radio 4's Just a Minute, his many books include The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries and the No 1 best-seller: The 7 Secrets of Happiness.

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London. 1894.

'I am not a detective, chief constable.'

'No, but you are a poet, a freemason and a man of the world. All useful qualifications for the business in hand.'

So says Police Chief Macnaghten to Oscar Wilde, in a Chelsea drawing room in the company of Arthur Conan Doyle. The business they are gathered to discuss is none other than the case of Jack the Ripper, the most notorious murderer in England. The three men set out to solve one of the world's most famous mysteries - the ultimate truth about the Ripper's identity.

Case Closed is Arthur Conan Doyle's account of the events of 1894, the year of Jack the Ripper's return. Based on Oscar Wilde's real-life friendship with Conan Doyle and the extraordinary but little-known fact that the detective in charge of the investigations was Oscar Wilde's neighbour, this is a revelatory and gripping detective story, combining the intrigue of a classic murder mystery with a witty and compelling portrait of one of the greatest characters of the Victorian age.

'Vastly enjoyable . . . Demonstrating once again Brandreth's assured touch for Victorian time and place, it is a delight' Daily Mail

'A fascinating blend of fact and fiction . . . [it] has all the elements of a classic English murder-mystery. Huge fun and highly recommended' Irish Independent

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Verlag
Corsair
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
147215231X
ISBN 13 
9781472152312
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
368
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Corsair
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