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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and of the Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography
The award-winning, best-selling book that changes the narrative of the "Ripper" murders forever
Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from some of London's wealthi...show more
The award-winning, best-selling book that changes the narrative of the "Ripper" murders forever
Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from some of London's wealthi...show more
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The Five focuses on the women known as Jack the Ripper's Canonical Five. This book delves deep into their lives and barely mentions their killer at all. It's full of intriguing insights and it's an eye-opening view into what life was like in Victorian London. However, since it is so truthful and doesn't deviate from fact (the source material is cited beautifully), the information is a bit dry. I wanted to respect and honor these women by learning...read more
I am not particularly invested in the history of Jack the Ripper but still found this an engaging read. I appreciated that this focused on his 5 confirmed victims rather than the killer himself.
We learn so much about them, how their lives got them to the point of being in Whitechapel, how misogyny of the Victorian era impacted these women, and most importantly, how not all of these women were prostitutes. You can tell that this author did pai...read more
We learn so much about them, how their lives got them to the point of being in Whitechapel, how misogyny of the Victorian era impacted these women, and most importantly, how not all of these women were prostitutes. You can tell that this author did pai...read more
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