In Victorian London, the greatest city of the richest country in the world, the industrial revolution has created a world of decadence and prosperity, but also one of unimaginable squalor and suffering.
Human degradation, filth, rats, parasites, danger, sorrow, and death are ever-present in its streets.
Catherine Eddowes is found murdered gruesomely in the city's East End.
The possessions, including clothes--over fifty personal items--carried on her person are listed in the police reports .
Ifd Publishing Of thimble and threat: a novel of catherine eddowes, the fourth victim of jack the ripper, paperback/alan m. clark
