In this remarkable book, the first serious Life of Edward VII's elder son - and heir to the throne, who died to soon to succeed - Michael Harrison has combined his outstanding qualities both as historian and detective. Official silence in the matter of Prince Eddy's private life, with the consequent inability to consult official archives, forced Harrison to uncover details of Eddy's life without the advantage of any but the most trivial existing material. What he eventually unearthed and presents in this unique book will positively fascinate the reader. Late in 1970 an extraordinary story ran round the world that the Duke of Clarence might have been Jack the Ripper. In testing the validity of this rumour, Harrison has come up with some quite startling information about this notorious homicidal maniac. He actually identified and names the Ripper, explaining both the murderer and the motives for his horrible crimes. Not only is the mystery of the Ripper cleared up; Harrison goes further