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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Paperback)
Hallie Rubenhold

Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met.

They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Sweden and Wales. They wrote ballads, ran coffee houses, lived on country estates, they breathed ink-dust from printing presses and escaped people-traffickers. What they had in common was the year of their murders: 1888.

Their murderer was never identified, but the name created for him by the press has become far more famous than any of these five women. Now, in this devastating narrative of five lives, historian Hallie Rubenhold finally sets the record straight, and gives these women back their stories.

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Awards

Winner:

Ballie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction
Hay Festival Book of the Year
Goodreads Choice Awards for History

Media Reviews

'Devastatingly good.

The Five will leave you in tears, of pity and of rage.' LUCY WORSLEY

'Fascinating, compelling, moving.' BRIDGET COLLINS, author of The Binding

'An angry and important work of historical detection, calling time on the misogyny that has fed the Ripper myth. Powerful and shaming.' GUARDIAN

'Haunting' SUNDAY TIMES

'What a brilliant and necessary book' JO BAKER, author of Longbourn

'Beautifully written and with the grip of a thriller, it will open your eyes and break your heart.' ERIN KELLY

'An outstanding work of history-from-below ... magnificent' SPECTATOR

'Deeply researched' THE NEW YORKER

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A Bit More Info

The Author

Author: Hallie Rubenhold
Nationality: American

The Book

Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Published: 2020-01-30
First Published: 2019
ISBN: 9781784162344

The Place

Continent: Europe
Country: Britain
Region: England
City: London