A Brutal Chill in August: A Novel of Polly Nichols, the First Victim of Jack the Ripper

by Clark, Alan M.
ISBN: 9781734297805
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Overview

We all know about Jack the Ripper, the serial murderer who terrorized Whitechapel and confounded police in 1888, but how much do we really know about his victims?

Pursued by one demon into the clutches of another, the ordinary life of Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols is made extraordinary by horrible, inhuman circumstance. Jack the Ripper's first victim comes to life in this sensitive and intimate fictionalized portrait, from humble beginnings, to building a family with an abusive husband, her escape into poverty and the workhouse, alcoholism, and finally abandoned on the streets of London where the Whitechapel Murderer found her.

With A Brutal Chill in August, Alan M. Clark gives readers an uncompromising and terrifying look at the nearly forgotten human story behind one of the most sensational crimes in history. This is horror that happened.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Clark, Alan M.
  • ISBN: 9781734297805
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 8.50 x 0.48
  • Number Of Pages: 208
  • Publication Year: 2020
Language: English