The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

the long version

Anne Lister was an incredible woman who, in Regency Yorkshire, lived life on her own terms. Refusing to marry, she defied convention, yet become a wealthy landowner, industrialist and traveller; she also took lovers and even 'married' another woman. Anne kept a detailed account of her life, loves and emotions in a fascinating four-million-word journal. A sizeable portion of the journal was written in code, which Helena Whitbread spent decades deciphering and editing into this astonishing book.LG