An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
Hallie Rubenhold
3 books referenced
Books by Hallie Rubenhold
Referenced in 4 episodes
December 18, 2025
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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.'
December 15, 2025
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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.'
December 11, 2025
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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.
December 08, 2025
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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
Referenced in 1 episode
August 12, 2021
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Described as 'a brilliant book' about the victims of Jack the Ripper
Referenced in 1 episode
February 18, 2021
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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