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Gentleman Jack
- A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist
- Narrated by: Heather Peace
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the 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 ancestral home. Anne Lister was a Regency landowner, an intrepid world traveller...and an unabashed lover of other women.
In this bold new biography, prizewinning author Angela Steidele uses the diaries to create a portrait of Anne Lister as we've never seen her before: a woman in some ways very much of her time and in others far ahead of it.
Anne Lister recorded everything from the most intimate details of her numerous liaisons through to her plans to make her fortune by exploiting the coal seams under her family estate in Halifax and her reaction to the Peterloo massacre.
She conducted a love life of labyrinthine complexity, all while searching for a girlfriend who could provide her with both financial security and true love. Anne Lister's rich and unconventional life is now the subject of the major BBC TV drama series Gentleman Jack.
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- ella wilder
- 15-09-20
A modern approach to sexuality
I would recommend this book. It is excellently read by Heather Peace. Ann Lister was a bit repellent and very self absorbed. Her predatory behaviour is surprising, but one can’t help but admire her determination.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-10-19
gentlemen jack
loved it
saw the series
tried not to compare
can be difficult at times
loved the narrator
overall enjoyed
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- Karen Logan
- 10-10-19
Not as expected
Was expecting a first person narrative in accordance with someone writing the diary, not the sometimes tedious details of what was written over the years of her life.
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- SVC
- 24-02-22
so good I had to listen twice!
love the accent of the narrator- spot on. a good mix of telling a great story and covering the facts.
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- Mrspatriciacherry
- 16-02-21
Very interesting
I probably would not have bothered with this book, if I hadn’t watched the tv series. But I’m glad I did.
There is much more to Ann Lister than the series would have us believe. The traveling must have been so uncomfortable, yet it was a huge part of her life. And it is very well described.
Worth reading or in my case listening to.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-01-24
really interesting listen.
fascinating to listen to the life of a historical figure i previously knew little about.
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- Elaine M Spear
- 18-09-19
Excellent presentation
Heather Peace is sublime as a narrator.
I didn’t recognise her voice most of the time.
Subtle changes in tone. Well done
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- Dreadpirate Smoo
- 24-03-20
wonderfully egotistical
Bought on a whim having enjoyed the recent tv series of the same name. I wonder how she would have felt with social media of today, I feel she would have been a great presence. really enjoyable listen, Heather peace did a wonderful job.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-06-21
bit disappointed
not quite what I was expecting, thought it would be more like a story but was more like a documentary. Still, it was useful to go to sleep to.
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- Alan Everitt
- 12-02-21
Monstrous
Excellent
A fascinating study of a very unusual woman. Beautifully read too. She was as riveting as she was monstrous.
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