The official companion to the first series, it also features unpublished journal extracts decrypted for the first time, as well as a foreword by series creator Sally Wainwright. This is the real Gentleman Jack, following 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. As Choma shows, they have opened up a previously unknown world to us.įearless, charismatic and determined to explore her lesbian sexuality, Anne forged her own path in a society that had no language to define her. Anne’s remarkable diaries, partly written in a secret code, detailed her innermost thoughts on everything from sex, menstruation and money to relationships, politics and society. In Gentleman Jack, historian and series consultant Anne Choma draws from the explosive diaries of Anne Lister to recreate the life and times of one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century. The official companion to the first series, it also features unpublished journal extracts decrypted for the first time, as well as a foreword by series creator Sally Wainwright.The real Anne Lister, and the official companion to the hit BBC series created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones. In an attractive paperback that intriguingly includes facsimiles of sections of the diaries on the title pages of. Anne's remarkable diaries, partly written in a secret code, detailed her innermost thoughts on everything from sex, menstruation and money to relationships, politics and society. Anne Choma’s absorbing and wholly to be recommended biographical account in Gentleman Jack The Real Anne Lister, companion to the BBC series, and dedicated to the LGBT Community, goes a long way towards answering my questions. The real Anne Lister, and the official companion to the hit BBC series created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones.

Gentleman Jack by Anne Choma