Apologies to the Cat's Meat Man: A Novel of Annie Chapman, the Second Victim of Jack the Ripper (Jack the Ripper Victims) - Softcover

Clark, Alan M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998846619 ISBN 13: 9780998846613

Publisher: IFD Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

This illustrated novel is part of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series. Each novel in the series is a stand-alone story.

Annie Chapman led a hard, lower class life in filthy 19th century London. Late in life, circumstances and and her choices led her to earn her crust by solicitation. After a bruising brawl with another woman over money and a man, she lost her lodgings and found herself sleeping rough. That dangerous turn of events delivered her into the hands of London's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.

Contrasting her last week alive with the experiences of her earlier life, the author helps readers understand how she might have made the decisions that put her in the wrong place at the wrong time.

About this title

From the Author:

In September1888, after the brutal murders of Martha Tabram and Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols in August, how did Annie Chapman reasonably persuade herself to walk the streets of London's East End looking for a stranger to pay her for sex? Seeking an answer to that question was in part my purpose in writing Apologies to the Cat's Meat Man...

...Through the research and writing of historical fiction novels, I must use my imagination to project myself into another place and time. In the midst of the effort, I feel like I'm engaged in time-travel. My wife often asks about that far off look in my eyes when I'm in the middle of a several-months-long project involving historical fiction. We might be at the grocery store or the post office at the time. Little does she know that I'm not actually standing next to her in those moments.

From the Back Cover:

"Always enthralling, fascinating and often moving, Apologies to the Cat's Meat Man follows the life of one of The Ripper's victims. This is, in part, a compelling tribute to a real human being; one of the poorest of the poor that one of the wealthiest nations on Earth chose to ignore."
--Simon Clark, author of Blood Crazy and Vampyrrhic

"Another peek through the window into the life and times of Jack the Ripper's victims, well researched and told in great detail by author and illustrator Alan M. Clark. A gripping read."
--Elizabeth Engstrom, author of Lizzie Borden

About this edition

• Publisher: IFD Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0998846619
• ISBN 13: 9780998846613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158
• Illustrator: Clark Alan M