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The hidden lives of Jack the Ripper's victims

Title
  1. The hidden lives of Jack the Ripper's victims / Robert Hume.
Published by
  1. South Yorkshire, England ; Havertown, PA : Pen and Sword History, 2019.
  2. ©2019
Author
  1. Hume, Robert

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Description
  1. xv, 156 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Summary
  1. 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.
  2. For nine weeks during the autumn of 1888, the Whitechapel Murderer brought terror to London#x92;s East End, slashing women#x92;s throats and disemboweling them. London#x92;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.
  3. 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.
Subject
  1. Murder victims
  2. Serial murders
  3. England > London
  4. Murder victims > England > London > History > 19th century
  5. Whitechapel (London, England) > History > 19th century
  6. Jack, the Ripper
  7. England > London > Whitechapel
  8. 1800-1899
  9. History
  10. Serial murders > England > London > History > 19th century
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. Chapter. 1 Mary Ann Nichols (P̀olly') -- Chapter. 2 Annie Chapman (D̀ark Annie') -- Chapter. 3 Elizabeth Stride (L̀ong Liz') -- Chapter. 4 Catherine Eddowes (K̀ate') -- Chapter. 5 Mary Jane Kelly (G̀inger').
Call number
  1. JFE 20-3573
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143) and index.
Author
  1. Hume, Robert, author.
Title
  1. The hidden lives of Jack the Ripper's victims / Robert Hume.
Publisher
  1. South Yorkshire, England ; Havertown, PA : Pen and Sword History, 2019.
Copyright date
  1. ©2019
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143) and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1800-1899
ISBN
  1. 9781526738608 hardcover
  2. 1526738600 hardcover
Research call number
  1. JFE 20-3573
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