This multi award-winning, number one Sunday Times bestseller by historian Hallie Rubenhold delivers a devastating narrative focusing on the five women murdered by Jack the Ripper in 1888. Moving beyond the infamous murderer, this work gives voice and history back to Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Mary-Jane, detailing their diverse lives before their tragic deaths.

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, this book is described as groundbreaking and eloquent, challenging the prevailing myth surrounding the Ripper by focusing on the victims.

• Multi award-winning and Number One Sunday Times Bestseller.
• Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.
• Focuses on the untold lives of the five women killed by Jack the Ripper in 1888.
• Written by historian Hallie Rubenhold.
• Praised by critics as devastatingly good, gripping, and an important work of historical detection.

This is the paperback edition published by Black Swan.

• Author: Hallie Rubenhold
• Binding: Paperback (Perfect binding)
• Pages: 528 (Print Length: 432 pages)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: January 30, 2020
• ISBN 10: 1784162345
• ISBN 13: 978-1784162344
• Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 26mm (12.8 x 19.6 x 2.6 cm)
• Weight: 317g
• Edition: 1st

Explore the true stories of Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Mary-Jane—women who came from varied backgrounds across Britain and Sweden—and understand the historical context of their lives in this essential piece of historical biography.