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Hallie Rubenhold Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Bestselling author of THE FIVE/historian/TV. Winner 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize. Also wrote Covent Garden Ladies aka #Harlots BBC /Hulu, Podcast host #Badwomen

6 books
Book Cover for: The Ripper's Victims in Print: The Rhetoric of Portrayals Since 1929, Rebecca Frost

The Ripper's Victims in Print: The Rhetoric of Portrayals Since 1929

Rebecca Frost
Hallie RubenholdHallie Rubenhold

@RachaelGreen Hi Rachel, Rebecca Frost (@krakengoddess ) The Ripper's Victims in Print, Warwick & Willis - Jack the Ripper:Media, Culture, History, and Perry Curtis - Jack the Ripper & the London Press, are all good sources with an academic focus.

Paperback, 2018

$29.95Member price:$29.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: The Cook's Tale, Nancy Jackman

The Cook's Tale

Nancy Jackman
Hallie RubenholdHallie Rubenhold

In Nancy Jackman's The Cook's Tale, Nancy recalls her first job in rural Norfolk working for a widowed farmer, alone on a farm. She suspects her mother knew this man was likely to try something on, but persuaded her daughter to 'live in' because he might marry her.

Paperback, 2012

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, Katherine Rundell

Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne

Katherine Rundell
Hallie RubenholdHallie Rubenhold

Some of my favourite people in this photo celebrating Katherine Rundell’s win of the #BGPrize2022 for Super-Infinite. @sarahchurchwell @OlivetteOtele @DavidOlusoga (with appropriate halo) and my other half. https://t.co/YBiVa3bVUe

Paperback, 2023

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey, Margaret Powell

Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey

Margaret Powell
Hallie RubenholdHallie Rubenhold

In Below Stairs by Margaret Powell, she also describes the living conditions of the rural poor in a village in Sussex in the 1920s. No running water, no electricity, 3 miles from the nearest bus stop. Well water contained tadpoles which had to be picked out when you made tea.

Paperback, 2012

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: My Secret Life, Anonymous Author

My Secret Life

Anonymous Author
Hallie RubenholdHallie Rubenhold

And if you ever thought Harold Lloyd was all about just good clean fun, he was also the proud owner of 'My Secret Life' by 'Walter', 11 volumes of hard core porn, first published in 1888. https://t.co/RNxpOwtg0a https://t.co/nv0a1629B5

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Book Cover for: The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey, Julia Laite

The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey

Julia Laite
Hallie RubenholdHallie Rubenhold

When I first read The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey, I told @JuliaLaite that it was an exceptional book and that she was an exceptionally talented writer. I’m pleased to see I was right, because now she’s gone and won the #CWADagger for Non Fiction! Well done! 🎉🍾🎉🍾 https://twitter.com/ProfileBooks/status/1542254191669829633

Paperback, 2022

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book