Gentleman Jack : the biography of Anne Lister - regency landowner, seducer and secret diarist
Steidele, Angela, 1968-2018
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Anne Lister was a wealthy Yorkshire heiress, a world traveller and an out lesbian during the Regency era - a time when it was difficult simply to be female. She wrote her diary in code derived from Ancient Greek, including details of her liaisons with women. Liberated by her money, she remained unmarried, opened a colliery and chose to dress all in black. Some locals referred to her as Gentleman Jack and sent her poison pen letters, but this did not dissuade her from living mostly as she pleased. On inheriting Shibden Hall, Anne chose to travel abroad, before returning to Halifax and courting Ann Walker, another wealthy heiress twelve years her junior. They renovated Shibden Hall together and considered themselves married, to the horror of Walker's relatives. The biography combines excerpts of Lister's own diaries with Angela Steidele's erudite and lively commentary.
Main title:
Gentleman Jack : the biography of Anne Lister - regency landowner, seducer and secret diarist / Angela Steidele ; translated by Katy Derbyshire.
Author:
Steidele, Angela, 1968-, authorDerbyshire, Katy, translator
Imprint:
London : Serpent's Tail, 2018.
Collation:
1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Notes:
Translated from the German.Includes bibliographical references.Description based on print version record.
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ISBN:
9781788161008 (ebook)
Dewey class:
942.81092
Language:
EnglishGerman
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Gentleman Jack : the biography of Anne Lister - regency landowner, seducer and secret diarist
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BRN:
1053853