Gentelman Jack

‘There are more ways

than one of being happy…

I am living proof of this’

Anne Lister was remarkable. Fearless, charismatic and

determined to explore her lesbian sexuality, she forged

her own path in a society that had no language to define

her. She was a landowner, an industrialist and a prolific

diarist, whose output has secured her legacy as one of the

most fascinating figures of the 19th century.

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister follows Anne from

her crumbling ancestral home in Yorkshire to the

glittering courts of Denmark as she resolves to put past

heartbreak behind her and find herself a wife. This book

introduces the real Gentleman Jack, featuring unpublished

journal extracts decrypted for the first time by series

creator Sally Wainwright and writer Anne Choma.