An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

Hallie Rubenhold

3 books referenced

Books by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five

Referenced in 4 episodes

627. Jack The Ripper: From Hell (Part 4)

December 18, 2025

Context:

The book was mentioned as giving very detailed accounts of the lives of the Jack the Ripper victims, all expertly sourced, though the host noted that regarding Mary Jane Kelly, the author states 'not a single statement made by her about her life prior to her arrival in london has ever been verified.'

626. Jack The Ripper: The Killer Strikes Again (Part 3)

December 15, 2025

Context:

Holland mentions this book when discussing Rubenhold's thesis that the Ripper victims were all killed as they slept, that they were homeless, and the Ripper just came across them and killed them. He describes it as 'brilliant on the lives of the victims.'

625. Jack The Ripper: Horror in Whitechapel (Part 2)

December 11, 2025

Context:

Referenced in discussing theories about how the victims were killed, with the hosts noting that Rubenhold "believes all the women were killed as they slept" rather than while soliciting customers.

624. Jack The Ripper: History’s Darkest Mystery (Part 1)

December 08, 2025

Context:

Referenced as a prize-winning 2019 book providing group biography of Jack the Ripper's murdered victims, described as revelatory for showing the women as human beings rather than just prostitutes

Five

Referenced in 1 episode

85. Sherlock Holmes

August 12, 2021

Context:

Described as 'a brilliant book' about the victims of Jack the Ripper

Mistress of My Fate

Referenced in 1 episode

24. Sex in the City

February 18, 2021

Context:

Tom mentions this was the first book of Hallie's that he read - a novel about Henrietta Lightfoot, an 18th century woman following the style of Hogarth's Harlot's Progress with an unreliable narrator