Join us for an evening with historian Hallie Rubenhold, the award-winning and bestselling author of The Five, discussing her latest book.
On 1 February, 1910, the vivacious music hall performer, Belle Elmore, vanished suddenly from her north London home, causing alarm among her circle of female friends, the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies’ Guild who demanded an immediate investigation.
They could not have known what they would provoke: the unearthing of a gruesome secret, followed by a fevered manhunt for the prime suspect: Belle’s husband, Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen.
Join Hallie Rubenhold in conversation with Anthony Delaney as she reconstructs the legendary Dr Crippen case, giving voice to those who have never properly been heard – the women.
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- Hallie Rubenhold
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- Hallie is the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling and Baillie Gifford prize-winning author of The Five: The Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. A renowned social historian whose expertise lies in revealing stories of previously unknown women and episodes in history, she is the author of The Covent Garden Ladies, the inspiration behind BBC TV's 'Harlots'. Her biographical work, Lady Worsley's Whim, was dramatised by the BBC as The Scandalous Lady W. She has also written two acclaimed novels Mistress of My Fate and The French Lesson.
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- Anthony Delaney
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- Anthony Delaney has a PhD in history from the University of Exeter, where he is an Honorary Fellow, and presents the History Hit podcast After Dark. Queer Georgians is his first book.
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- http://dontmakethisalink.please
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📅 Wednesday 21 May 2025, 19:00
🎫 £15
👤 Everyone welcome
📍 The National Archives
Kew, Richmond
TW9 4DU
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