{"product_id":"9780349013336","title":"The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister   Vol.2","description":"Author: Anne Lister\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349013336\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Mar 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\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\u003e\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\u003e\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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697601597598,"sku":"ADS-9780349013336","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349013336.jpg?v=1775718090","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349013336","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}