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Las cinco mujeres: Las vidas olvidadas de las víctimas de Jack el Destripador
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Las cinco mujeres: Las vidas olvidadas de las víctimas de Jack el Destripador

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Un exhaustivo y contundente trabajo de investigación histórica, sobre la misoginia que ha alimentado el mito de Jack el Destripador.
Un true crime devastador. Una investigación seria, profunda y rigurosa.

No. 1 de las listas de No Ficción en Reino Unido y Estados Unidos.

Ganador del Premio Baillie Gifford Prize al mejor libro de No Ficción del 2019.

Mejor libro del año para el Hay Festival 2019.

Mejor libro de Historia 2019 para los lectores de GOODREADS.

Mejor libro true crime para The New York Times Book Review.

Uno de los 20 mejores libros del año para el Washington Post.

Uno de los 20 mejores libros del año para Oprah.

Nominado al Gold Dagger como mejor libro de No Ficción.

Nominado al Premio de la Historical Writers' Association al mejor libro de No Ficción.

Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine y Mary-Jane son famosas por lo mismo, aunque nunca se conocieron entre ellas. Ellas eran de Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Suecia y Gales. Compusieron baladas, regentearon cafeterías, vivieron en fincas, respiraron el polvo de la tinta de las imprentas y escaparon de traficantes de seres humanos.
Lo que sí tuvieron en común fue el año 1888. El año de sus asesinatos.

Su asesino jamás fue identificado, pero el nombre creado para él por la prensa se convirtió en un nombre mucho más famoso que cualquiera del de alguno de estas cinco mujeres.

Durante más de un siglo, la prensa nos ha explicado que "el Destripador" atacaba principalmente a prostitutas. No solo es que no sea cierto, como historiadora, Hallie Rubenhold ha descubierto y nos cuenta las historias reales de estas fascinantes mujeres. Y ahora, en este relato revelador, la autora finalmente establece que aquel fue un mundo mucho más amplio que el de Dickens y la Reina Victoria, en el que imperaba la pobreza, los vagabundos y la misoginia. Estas cinco mujeres murieron porque estaban en el lugar equivocado en el momento equivocado, pero su mayor desgracia fue haber nacido mujeres.

Ahora, en esta narración devastadora de aquellas cinco vidas, la historiadora Hallie Rubenhold finalmente pone las cosas en claro, y les devuelve a estas mujeres su historia.

Best seller del: The New York Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, GQ, Washington Post, Oprah Winfrey Magazine.

«Fascinante.» The New York Times

«Un relato repleto de precisión y pasión.» STIG ABELL, Presidente del Baillie Gifford Prize

«Por fin las víctimas del Destripador tienen voz. Un reto para luchar contra el mito.» MAIL ON SUNDAY

LanguageEspañol
Release dateOct 8, 2020
ISBN9788418249204
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Las cinco mujeres: Las vidas olvidadas de las víctimas de Jack el Destripador
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Hallie Rubenhold

Hallie Rubenhold es una historiadora especializada en revelar historias relacionadas con las vidas de mujeres en distintos episodios de la Historia. A través de material nunca antes visto, y añadiendo un contexto histórico muy bien desarrollado, Hallie es capaz de dibujar las vidas de aquellas víctimas. Es autora de varios libros de No Ficción. Actualmente vive en Londres con su marido.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    There is much written about Jack the Ripper. But little about his victims. This covers the lives of the five victims. How did they come to be in White Chapel? We learn about the harshness of life at that time for poor women, the middle and lower classes.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is an in depth study of the lives of the five women believed to have been brutally killed by a man society called "Jack The Ripper."This is not a tale of the murders, but you will find page after page of detailed history of what it was like for those disenfranchised and poor in Victorian society.Told from a unique perspective of the way in which destitute women were treated. Previous books about these women deemed all as prostitutes. The author does a remarkable job at meticulous research noting these were women who, while some battled with alcohol problems, others simply found themselves on the street, slumped against a building in an alley. Seeking refuge in poor houses, or begging for enough money for an indoor shelter, all lived day-day, struggling for food and a roof over their heads.This cycle went on daily as there was no way out of the poverty.Highly recommended.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    OMG! This book ripped my heart out! I read it twice!The Five by Hallow Rubenhold is such a deep and moving account of the biography of the last five women killed by Jack the Ripper. It follows each women from birth of possible, on up to death. My heart just ached for each of them. The society failed them. I had to read this book twice. The first time I was just emotional overwhelmed. The second time I was anger. If they had been born at a different time, or had different laws for women, had government programs for the poor that didn't discriminate against women, and others. Frustrating! I felt like I knew these women due to the tremendous writing skills of this author. She really brought out the 1880's so well that it was disgusting!This book is a gem! I am so glad I found it! This is the same author that has a series on Hulu.If you love history, the side that is never told, this is for you!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I was fascinated by the detailed history of these women’s lives, and impressed by the depth of the author’s research. However, I really can’t give any credence to her theory that the victims were not prostitutes, or that Mary Kelly was asleep when attacked.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Filled with so much history and focused on the women and not on Jack the Ripper. Explicitly explains the social history on women of that era. Broke my heart and angered me on how women were discriminated and belittled during that period.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I think the person I'm most curious about is the young woman that had the smallest chapter (of course). This was interesting to see behind what you typically know of Jack the Ripper's victims and I appreciated that it started off saying this wasnt about the killer and stuck to that statement. I did get bored at times though, so I think that is my signal to take a break from nonfiction for a little bit. Taking a peak into life in the 1800s England was intriguing and this was thoroughly researched. Like I said though, I do wish there was more information on Mary Jane Kelly, the only woman that had openly admitted to being a prostitute, but I have no doubt that the author did more than sufficient digging trying to unearth her details.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Biographies of Jack the Ripper’s victims with basically no details on the physical nature of their deaths; instead, Rubenhold tells us, as best as can be discerned, what they were like in life and more generally what it was like to be a poor or near-poor woman in Victorian London. I thought it was well-done.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Fascinating and well researched.