The hidden lives of Jack the Ripper's victims
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Published
South Yorkshire, England ; Pen and Sword History, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xv, 156 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
364.15232 Hum
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364.15232 Hum
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Published
South Yorkshire, England ; Pen and Sword History, 2019.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143) and index.
Description
Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly are inextricably linked in history. Their names might not be instantly recognizable, and the identity of their murderer may have eluded detectives and historians throughout the years, but there is no mistaking the infamy of Jack the Ripper. For nine weeks during the autumn of 1888, the Whitechapel Murderer brought terror to London's East End, slashing women's throats and disemboweling them. London's most famous serial killer has been pored over time and again, yet his victims have been sorely neglected, reduced to the simple label: prostitute. The lives of these five women are rags-to-riches-to-rags stories of the most tragic kind. There was a time in each of their lives when these poor women had a job, money, a home and a family. Hardworking, determined and fiercely independent individuals, it was bad luck, or a wrong turn here or there, that left them wretched and destitute. Ignored by the press and overlooked by historians, it is time their stories were told.
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