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'An angry and important work of historical detection, calling time on the misogyny that has fed the Ripper myth. Powerful and shaming' GUARDIAN
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.
WINNER OF THE GOODREADS HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019
PRAISE FOR THE FIVE
'Gripping' New York Times
'Speaks with an urgency and passion to our own times' STIG ABELL, Chair of Baillie Gifford Prize
'At last, the Ripper's victims get a voice... An eloquent, stirring challenge to reject the prevailing Ripper myth.' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Devastatingly good. The Five will leave you in tears, of pity and of rage.' LUCY WORSLEY
'Dignity is finally returned to these unfortunate women.' PROFESSOR DAME SUE BLACK
'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' THE SPECTATOR
'Deeply researched' THE NEW YORKER
AWARDS FOR THE FIVE
- Shortlisted for the WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2020
- Winner of the BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE for Non-fiction 2019
- HAY FESTIVAL Book of the Year 2019
- Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
- Shortlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Non-Fiction Crown Award
- A New York Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, GQ, Washington Post, Oprah Winfrey Magazine and Independent Summer read/History Book of the Year
- Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for History 2019
- Publisher Name:Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Product Format:Hardback
- ISBN: 9780857524485
- Author:Rubenhold, Hallie
- Publication Date:2019-02-28
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