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The Five

The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

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Auteur(s): Hallie Rubenhold
Narrateur(s): Louise Brealey
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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 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, but 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 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Europe Femmes Grande-Bretagne Meurtre True Crime Angleterre Crime Du contenu qui fait réfléchir Royaume-Uni Victorian True Crime
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The biggest crime these people had was being a woman…..horrible outcomes from being abandoned!! With children no less. Not well protected by anyone, no where to go, no one to help….God Bless them…..

Such an Education!!!!

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This book gives an incredible perspective on history. I loved it so much. It doesn't focus on how "The Five" lives ended, but rather on how the women grew up, started families, and fell into hard times in Victorian England. "The Five" is now on my list of favourite biographies, along with the "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard", another biography that does a great job of humanizing its subject.

A joy to read!

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Wonderful writing and a great look at what Victorian life was really like for many. Hallie’s writing makes you genuinely feel sad for these women, the struggles and social pressures they endured. Wonderful book, and I can’t wait to read her next one!

Fabulous look at real Victorian life

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These women were all 'vulnerable human beings', either homeless or poverty stricken, not prostitutes, that his how the police, and the media portrayed them in Victorian times. The Author does provide an accurate lens on the truth of their actual lives, and she shows how the police and the media influenced the lack of concern anyone - society in general at - should have for these women at that time. It also reflected that the police did not need to have to search for any suspects, nor was there was a need to hold anyone accountable for the murders of these women. Thus 'Jack the Ripper' became famous. If this was that book I would not have wasted my time. I am glad I bought this book and I will look for more audible books by this Author.




Excellent view on the Truth of the 'Five'

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This book is a deep look into the lives of the women who were murdered without focusing on Jack the Ripper. It is heartbreaking and fascinating.

Excellent read

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