Gentleman Jack: A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist by Angela Steidele

Gentleman Jack: A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist

Angela Steidele with Kathy Derbyshire (Translator)

349 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ challenging informative medium-paced
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The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the popular television series Gentleman Jack. Anne Lister's journals were so shocking that the first person to crack their secret code hid them behind a fake panel in his ancest...

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