Uncle Jack by Tony Williams

'Uncle Jack' is a fascinating book, detailing the history of the latest Jack the Ripper suspect - Swansea doctor, physician to Queen Victoria and the Royal family and founder of the National Library of Wales - Sir John Williams. The evidence, tracked down by a relative of John Williams - Swansea author Tony Williams - is quite startling. Even Jack the Ripper's knife has been located, locked away within the archives of the N.L.W. Detailing his investigations in full, Tony Williams has produced an absorbing text, recording the life of a hard working doctor, driven to insanity by his inability to father a child. Were Jack the Ripper's crimes driven by a thirst of knowledge into human reproduction? John Williams performed an abortion for at least one of the Ripper's victims - was he incensed by this waste of life when he was so desperate to be a father? Replete with photographs, this book is a real eye opener and a new slant on an age-old enigma.