Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution
Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution is a book written by Stephen Knight first published in 1976. It proposed a solution to five murders in Victorian London that were blamed on an unidentified serial killer known as "Jack the Ripper".
Cover of UK edition
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, c. 1888
Sir William Gull was a notable physician who retired through ill health in 1887.
Lord Salisbury was Prime Minister at the time of the murders.
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale was the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales. From the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne, but did not become king or prince of Wales because he died before both his grandmother Queen Victoria and his father.
Photograph by W. & D. Downey, 1891
The new-born Albert Victor with his parents, 1864
Albert Victor photographed by Alexander Bassano, 1875
Albert Victor photographed by Bassano, c. 1888