Five Untold Lives Women by Rubenhold Hallie, First Edition (5 results)

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback. 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 more famous than any of these women. Now, in this devastating narrative of five lives, the author finally sets the record straight, and gives these women back their stories. With Map, Illus., Notes, Bibliog. and Index. 416pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in F. protected dw.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback. 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 more famous than any of these women. Now, in this devastating narrative of five lives, the author finally sets the record straight, and gives these women back their stories. With Map, Illus., Notes, Bibliog. and Index. 416pp. 8vo. h/back. Includes numerous newspaper cuttings relating to the book, tipped-in to fpd, ffeps and beps, + a marvellous tipped-in response written by Ripperologist John Malcom, to an article to the 'Times' by Jack Malvern titled "Jack the Ripper tour mural to remember his victims". John calls-out "Ms. Rubenhold's recent, often malicious comments regarding those who have more than a passing interest in the history of these crimes.She has denigrated the field by implying inherent misogyny and male-dominated perspective. This stands to be corrected." F. in F. protected dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionFive 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 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. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionFive 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 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. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Fine in fine wrapper. First printing. Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize.