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tricky's review
2.0
This is the ultimate he said, she said and the ultimate example of why you will never find the truth about any historical controversial event/character etc.
This book tracks the twists and turns of the major players as they rush to determine whether a diary is or is not a confession of James Maybrick as being Jack the Ripper.
Now I do not know if it is or is not, I have not actually read the diary or examined it and I am not an expert.
What this book proved to me, was if someone actually had the genuine article too many people have too many vested interests of finance, reputation etc for there ever to be a consensus. Some one, some where will claim it is a fraud or that their theory is the correct one.
The book also demonstrates what happens to people under intense scrutiny on so many levels. It was an interesting read and did a reasonable job of trying to explain all the major players and their motivations.
This book tracks the twists and turns of the major players as they rush to determine whether a diary is or is not a confession of James Maybrick as being Jack the Ripper.
Now I do not know if it is or is not, I have not actually read the diary or examined it and I am not an expert.
What this book proved to me, was if someone actually had the genuine article too many people have too many vested interests of finance, reputation etc for there ever to be a consensus. Some one, some where will claim it is a fraud or that their theory is the correct one.
The book also demonstrates what happens to people under intense scrutiny on so many levels. It was an interesting read and did a reasonable job of trying to explain all the major players and their motivations.
thehoodedtonttu's review
4.0
Not another book about if the Diary is genuine or a hoax, but rather a look into the history of the scrapbook, the people surrounding it and the quests to prove it as the work if James Maybrick in 1888 & 89 or the work of forgers in the late 1980s. The whole complicated and confusing saga is laid out here "for all eyes to see."
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