I chose the book Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed By Patricia Cornwell.
This book is published by Berkley Books in 2002 and has 383 pages. In this book Patricia Cornwell lays out all evidence as to why she believes Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper all those years ago. This book goes into great detail explaining how Walter Sickert and Jack the Ripper are similar.
This book begins by setting the date as Monday, August 6th , 1888 and in London.
Walter Sickert was a well known artist of the time and Patricia Cornwell connects the dots that historians left about the Jack the Ripper murders. Sickert was multitalented, including a painter, an etcher and was fluent in four languages but was fairly acquainted with Danish and Greek. …show more content…
I found it interesting the way she explained things like the actual murders and what had happened leading up to the murders. It was also interesting when she explained the many paintings and letters that Walter had done. I thought the book did a good job conveying her findings and helping you imagine a crime scene, letter, or painting. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend if they were wanting to learn a very supported theory as to why Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper.
In conclusion this book proved to me that the identity of Jack the Ripper was Walter Sickert. Patricia Cornwell and her investigation team show many tactics on the how the progress was going with the investigation throughout the book. This book teaches you a lot of what Jack the Ripper was thinking, what Walter was doing, and in detail how every murder happened. It is not possible for us to know exactly how many victims there were in Jack the Ripper's killing
spree. It is said to be a total of actually eleven murders, from 1888 to 1892, but only five murders were most notorious. If you want to learn further information about Jack the Ripper's killing spree, then you definitely will want to read this very thorough investigation using 21st police
This book is published by Berkley Books in 2002 and has 383 pages. In this book Patricia Cornwell lays out all evidence as to why she believes Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper all those years ago. This book goes into great detail explaining how Walter Sickert and Jack the Ripper are similar.
This book begins by setting the date as Monday, August 6th , 1888 and in London.
Walter Sickert was a well known artist of the time and Patricia Cornwell connects the dots that historians left about the Jack the Ripper murders. Sickert was multitalented, including a painter, an etcher and was fluent in four languages but was fairly acquainted with Danish and Greek. …show more content…
I found it interesting the way she explained things like the actual murders and what had happened leading up to the murders. It was also interesting when she explained the many paintings and letters that Walter had done. I thought the book did a good job conveying her findings and helping you imagine a crime scene, letter, or painting. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend if they were wanting to learn a very supported theory as to why Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper.
In conclusion this book proved to me that the identity of Jack the Ripper was Walter Sickert. Patricia Cornwell and her investigation team show many tactics on the how the progress was going with the investigation throughout the book. This book teaches you a lot of what Jack the Ripper was thinking, what Walter was doing, and in detail how every murder happened. It is not possible for us to know exactly how many victims there were in Jack the Ripper's killing
spree. It is said to be a total of actually eleven murders, from 1888 to 1892, but only five murders were most notorious. If you want to learn further information about Jack the Ripper's killing spree, then you definitely will want to read this very thorough investigation using 21st police