{"product_id":"secret-diaries-of-miss-anne-lister-vol-1","title":"Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister Vol 1 By Whitbread, Helena","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister: the inspiration for \u003ci\u003eGentleman Jack\u003c\/i\u003e and Emma Donoghue''s new novel \u003ci\u003eLearned By Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing'' SARAH WATERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''[Anne Lister''s] sense of self, and self-awareness, is what makes her modern to us . . . The diaries gave me courage'' JEANETTE WINTERSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The Lister diaries are the Dead Sea Scrolls of lesbian history'' EMMA DONOGHUE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen this volume of Anne Lister''s diaries was first published in 1988, it was hailed as a vital piece of lost lesbian history. The editor, Helena Whitbread, had spent years painstakingly researching and transcribing Lister''s extensive journals, much of which were written in an elaborate code - what Lister called her ''crypthand'', which allowed her to record her life in intimate, and at times, explicit, detail. Until then, Anne Lister''s lesbianism had been supressed or hinted at; this was the first time her story had been told. Anne Lister defied the role of nineteenth century womanhood: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller and lesbian - a woman who lived her life on her own terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese diaries include the years 1816-1824. The second volume, continuing Anne''s story, \u003ci\u003eTHE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS ANNE LISTER: NO PRIEST BUT LOVE\u003c\/i\u003e, is now available.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57554627887486,"sku":"NW9781844087198","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781844087198.jpg?v=1783080447","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/secret-diaries-of-miss-anne-lister-vol-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}