Female Fortune

Name: Female Fortune
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SKU: 9781526164421
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The Anne Lister Diaries, 1833–36: Land, Gender and Authority: New Edition

By Jill Liddington

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Female Fortune presents the extraordinary diaries of Anne Lister, a pioneering lesbian landowner of 19th century Halifax. Inheriting Shibden Hall in 1826, Lister was a scholar, fearless traveller, and astute businesswoman who coded much of her candid record of love affairs. This edition by Jill Liddington reveals Lister's dynamic relationship with neighbouring heiress Ann Walker and details Lister's political involvement, social ambitions, and ventures in estate development and coal mining. An illuminating afterword explores the recent discovery of Walker's diary, enriching the story of this remarkable pair.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in history, LGBTQ+ studies, women's studies, and those captivated by true stories of pioneering figures. Fans of Gentleman Jack seeking a deeper understanding of Anne Lister's life and legacy will find this edition essential.

A new edition of Jill Liddington's classic work on Anne Lister's extraordinary diaries, which inspired Gentleman Jack

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Jill Liddington's classic edition of Anne Lister's extraordinary diaries.

Female Fortune is the book which inspired Sally Wainwright to write Gentleman Jack, now a major drama series for the BBC and HBO.

Lesbian landowner Anne Lister inherited Shibden Hall, Halifax in 1826. Lister was an impressive scholar, a fearless traveller, and a successful businesswoman. Her extraordinary diaries, running to 4-5 million words, were partly written in her own secret code and recorded her love affairs with startling candour. The diaries were included on UNESCO's UK Memory of the World Register in 2011.

Jill Liddington's classic edition of the diaries tells the story of how Anne Lister seduced neighbouring heiress Ann Walker, who moved in to live with Anne and her family at Shibden in 1834. Politically active and socially ambitious, Anne Lister door-stepped her tenants at the 1835 Election to vote Tory and employed architects to redesign the Hall and estate, even developing her own coal mines.

Yet Ann Walker had an inconvenient number of local relatives, suspicious of how exactly Anne Lister could pay for all her improvements. Tensions grew to a melodramatic crescendo when news reached Shibden of the pair being burnt in effigy.

This 2021 edition includes a fascinating Afterword on the recent discovery of Ann Walker's own diary. Female Fortune is essential reading for those who watched Gentleman Jack and want to know more about the extraordinary woman that was Anne Lister.

'A unique and thrilling insight into the brilliant mind of Anne Lister.' - Sally Wainwright

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Female Fortune offers a unique insight into Anne Lister's brilliant mind, praised by Sally Wainwright, creator of Gentleman Jack. Michael Bronski calls it a brilliant illustration of Lister's complex life beyond her diaries, highlighting her roles as a crafty businesswoman and social diplomat. Jill Liddington's editing vividly brings the 19th-century world of Halifax to life through Lister's thoughts and feelings, praising the book's engaging and pathbreaking social history.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526164421

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 March 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Illustration: 2 Maps

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 395g

Pages: 336

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Biography & Memoir Education & Reference History & Archaeology History & Military Jill Liddington Journals Non-Fiction Stationery

About the Author

Jill Liddington's most recent book is Vanishing for the Vote: suffrage, citizenship and the battle for the census (MUP 2014). She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leeds.