Jack the Ripper The Works of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson in 1888.He was an ex-medical student with a dissecting scalpel and a history of mental illness and trouble with the police. He had just broken up with a prostitute and had written about cutting women's stomachs open.At the same time a few yards from his refuge a woman was knifed as part of a spate of prostitute murders which one coroner said was by someone who had considerable anatomical skill and knowledge.Richard A. Patterson sets out a compelling case for English poet Francis Thompson as the prime suspect for Jack the Ripper in this must-read for Ripperologists the world over.