The Five

The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

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<p><b>THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING NUMBER ONE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br>A <i>TIMES</i> Top Ten Best True Crime book: '<b>Groundbreaking. E</b><b>xtraordinary'</b></p><p><b>'Terrific' </b>Ian Rankin<br>'Gripping' <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i><br><b>'At last, the Ripper's victims get a voice...</b> An eloquent, stirring challenge to reject the prevailing Ripper myth' <i>MAIL ON SUNDAY</i></p><p><b>WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION</b><br><b>____________</b><br><b>Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met.</b></p><p>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.</p><p><b>What they had in common was the year of their murders: 1888.</b></p><p>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.</p><p><b>Now, in this devastating narrative of five lives, historian Hallie Rubenhold finally sets the record straight, and gives these women back their stories.</b><br><b>____________</b></p><p><b>PRAISE FOR THE FIVE</b></p><p><b>'Devastatingly good. </b><i>The Five</i> will leave you in tears, of pity and of rage.' LUCY WORSLEY<br><b>'Fascinating, compelling, moving.' </b>BRIDGET COLLINS, author of <i>The Binding</i><br>'<b>An angry and important work</b> of historical detection, calling time on the misogyny that has fed the Ripper myth. <b>Powerful</b> and shaming.' <i>GUARDIAN</i><br><b>'Haunting' </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br>'What a<b> brilliant and necessary</b> book' JO BAKER, author of <i>Longbourn</i><br>'<b>Beautifully written </b>and with the grip of a thriller, it will open your eyes and break your heart.' ERIN KELLY<br>'An<b> outstanding </b>work of history-from-below ...<b> magnificent' </b><i>SPECTATOR</i><br><b>'Deeply researched' </b><i>THE

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781784162344

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

199 x 128 x 38 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publ. Ltd UK