
The Five
The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
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Narrated by:
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Louise Brealey
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By:
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Hallie Rubenhold
About this listen
Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London - the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper.
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 coffeehouses and 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. The person responsible was never identified, but the character created by the press to fill that gap has become far more famous than any of these five women.
For more than a century, newspapers have been keen to tell us that ‘the Ripper’ preyed on prostitutes. Not only is this untrue, as historian Hallie Rubenhold has discovered, it has prevented the real stories of these fascinating women from being told. Now, in this devastating narrative of five lives, Rubenhold finally sets the record straight, revealing a world not just of Dickens and Queen Victoria but of poverty, homelessness and rampant misogyny. They died because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time - but their greatest misfortune was to be born a woman.
©2019 Hallie Rubenhold (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing Pty LtdA beautifully written tale of the forgotten women
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Great story
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It is seriously a must read for anyone who has ever heard absolutely anything about this infamous tale in order to be treated to a sometimes gut wrenching masterclass in deep empathy that will leave an indelible impression long after you finish it.
👍🏼👍🏼 #fivestars
Extraordinary.
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Very interesting
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Sad but fascinating insight
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Incredible book, read brilliantly
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Simply beautifully written book.
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The book gives life and soul to the victims, rather than concentrating on the myths surrounding their deaths.
The narrator has great delivery and enough light and shade to tell a harsh but very moving story.
Moving stories, beautifully told
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The women brought to the forefront
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Moving story of sad lives
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