{"product_id":"the-secret-diaries-of-miss-anne-lister-9780349013336","title":"The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister - Vol.2","description":"\u003cb\u003eANNE LISTER IS THE INSPIRATION FOR \u003ci\u003eGENTLEMAN JACK\u003c\/i\u003e, THE ACCLAIMED BBC\/HBO SERIES BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT, STARRING SURANNE JONES.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Lister diaries are the Dead Sea Scrolls of lesbian history; they changed everything. By resurrecting them and editing them with such loving attention and intelligence, Helena Whitbread has earned the gratitude of a whole generation' EMMA DONOGHUE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing: Anne Lister's diaries are an indispensable read' SARAH WATERS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Helena Whitbread first published excerpts from Anne Lister's diary, which was written in a complicated, esoteric code, it was hailed as a lost piece of lesbian history. Whitbread has devoted years to researching and transcribing Lister's extensive journals; the 'crypthand' had allowed Lister to record her life in intimate, and at times, explicit, detail. It was the first time her story had been told. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis second volume continues the story of one of the most remarkable women of her time: landowner, industrialist, traveller and lesbian. Anne Lister arrives in post-revolutionary Paris in 1824, attempting to recover from a doomed love affair with a married woman. There she becomes emotionally entangled with a young widow. Anne's efforts, firstly to extricate herself from this new 'scrape' and then to make a choice between the two women in her life, provides an absorbing sexual and social drama. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe follow Anne Lister to Buxton, Derbyshire, where a husband appears in hot pursuit of his straying wife who has, in turn, followed Anne there; in Halifax, the Yorkshire town of Anne's birth; to London; and to post-revolutionary Paris, a city alive with political intrigue. Anne's descriptive powers bring each scene vividly to life, providing a brilliant, kaleidoscopic background to her story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Lister\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0349013330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349013336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virago Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Anne Lister","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045369803007,"sku":"9780349013336","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11f9b88e-28fd-4074-8f4b-ed3e269aee05.jpg?v=1684978340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-secret-diaries-of-miss-anne-lister-9780349013336","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}