Whitechapel

About the Book

 This story is set against the backcloth of the 1888 Whitechapel murders in which the question is posed whether, by focusing attention on the East End, the murders did more to accelerate social change than philanthropists and politicians. 

The novel asks whether the end can ever justify the most terrible of means. The story is woven around real-life characters and events, and voices are given to the strong, independent women of the slums.

About the Author

Ian Porter lives in Aylesford in Kent, England.  He won the Chancellor's Prize at the University of Birmingham, before becoming a freelance journalist in the 1990's, during which time he wrote the leading ski resort guidebook, 'Where to Ski'.  He now runs his own travel company.