Hallie Rubenhold
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Explores the lives of the five women Jack the Ripper murdered--Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Mary Jane, and Catherine--fighting back against the untruth perpetuated by newspapers that "the Ripper" only preyed on prostitutes. Explores the historical context of each of the women's lives and what it was like to be a woman in the Victorian Age in England.
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Ein gescheiterter Dichter, ein gefallenes Mädchen und ein Notizbuch voller schlüpfriger Details. Spannend wie ein Roman steigt dieses Debüt in die Londoner Halbwelt des 18. Jahrhunderts hinab. Mit "Covent Garden Ladies" hat Hallie Rubenhold ein wichtiges Stück Sozialgeschichte und ein schillerndes Porträt der georgianischen Gesellschaft geschrieben.AUTORENPORTRÄTHallie Rubenhold, wurde 1971 als Kind britischer Eltern in Los Angeles geboren....
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Set during a period of revolution and turmoil, Mistress of My Fate is the first book in a trilogy about Henrietta Lightfoot, a young woman who was abandoned as a baby and raised alongside her cousins, noble children of a lord and lady. At just sixteen years old, circumstance and a passionate love affair tear Henrietta away from everything she knows, leading to a new life fending for herself on the streets of 18th century London as a courtesan, gambler,...
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In February 1782, England opened its newspapers to read the details of Sir Richard and Lady Worsleys' scandalous sexual arrangements, voyeuristic tendencies, and bed-hopping antics. This lively true history presents a rarely seen picture of aristocratic life in the Georgian era.